1 Chronicles 7:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמָכִ֞יר לָקַ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ לְחֻפִּ֣ים וּלְשֻׁפִּ֔ים וְשֵׁ֤ם אֲחֹתוֹ֙ מַעֲכָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖י צְלָפְחָ֑ד וַתִּהְיֶ֥נָה לִצְלָפְחָ֖ד בָּנֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And Mākîr lāqaḥ [took] ʾiššâ [wife] to Ḥuppîm and to Šuppîm, and šēm [name of] his ʾăḥōtô [sister] Maʿăkâ; and šēm [name of] the haššēnî [second] Ṣəlāpḥād [Zelophehad]; and wattihyenâ [were] to Ṣəlāpḥād [Zelophehad] bānôt [daughters].

Grammar Details

*û-*: conjunction - and
*Mākîr*: proper name, masculine
*lāqaḥ*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he took
*ʾiššâ*: noun, feminine singular - woman, wife
*lə-*: preposition - to/for
*Ḥuppîm*: proper name, masculine
*Šuppîm*: proper name, masculine
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*šēm*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
*ʾăḥōtô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sister
*Maʿăkâ*: proper name, feminine
*ha-*: definite article - the
*šēnî*: adjective, masculine singular - second
*Ṣəlāpḥād*: proper name, masculine
*wa-*: conjunction - and
*ttihyenâ*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural with paragogic nun - they were
*bānôt*: noun, feminine plural - daughters

Word Meanings

*lāqaḥ*: took, married, selected
*ʾiššâ*: woman, wife
*ʾăḥōtô*: his sister, his kinswoman
*šēm*: name, designation, reputation
*haššēnî*: the second, the next, another
*wattihyenâ*: they were, they became, they belonged

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Referenced Verses

Num 26:33 : 33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Num 36:1-9 : 1 And the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel: 2 and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the [other] tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right. 6 This is the thing which Jehovah doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married. 7 So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave every one to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9 So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance. 10 Even as Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: 11 for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons. 12 They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
Num 27:1-9 : 1 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father. 5 And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah. 6 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute [and] ordinance, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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1 Chr 7:16-18
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16And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
1 Chr 7:12-14
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12Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
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Josh 17:3
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3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Num 27:1
76%
1Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
Num 36:10-12
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76%
10Even as Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
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Num 26:32-33
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33And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
1 Chr 9:35
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35And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:
1 Chr 7:32
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32And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
1 Chr 2:21
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21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
Num 26:29
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29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
1 Chr 4:18-19
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18And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
19And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
1 Chr 2:48-49
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1 Chr 8:29
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29And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel], whose wife's name was Maacah;
Num 27:7
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7The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
2 Chr 11:18-20
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1 Chr 7:30
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Josh 15:16-17
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Judg 1:12-13
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12And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
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1 Chr 2:42
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42And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
Josh 17:6
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1 Chr 2:23
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23And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
1 Chr 3:19
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19And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;
Ezra 2:61
67%
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1 Chr 2:16
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16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
Num 36:6
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6This is the thing which Jehovah doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.
1 Chr 2:29
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29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
1 Chr 23:22
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Gen 28:9
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