1 Chronicles 4:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֲבִ֣י עֵיטָ֔ם יִזְרְעֶ֥אל וְיִשְׁמָ֖א וְיִדְבָּ֑שׁ וְשֵׁ֥ם אֲחוֹתָ֖ם הַצְלֶלְפּֽוֹנִי׃

Transliteration

wᵊʾēlleh ʾăbî ʿêṭām yizrᵊʿeʾl wᵊyišmāʾ wᵊyidbāš wᵊšēm ʾăḥôtām haṣlelpônî

Grammar Details

*wᵊʾēlleh*: conjunction + demonstrative plural - and these
*ʾăbî*: construct singular - father of
*ʿêṭām*: proper name - Etam
*yizrᵊʿeʾl*: proper name - Jezreel
*wᵊyišmāʾ*: conjunction + proper name - and Ishma
*wᵊyidbāš*: conjunction + proper name - and Idbash
*wᵊšēm*: conjunction + noun construct - and name of
*ʾăḥôtām*: noun + 3mp suffix - their sister
*haṣlelpônî*: definite article + proper name - Hazelelponi

Word Meanings

*ʾăbî*: father of/founder of

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Referenced Verses

Judg 15:11 : 11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
2 Chr 11:6 : 6 He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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