1 Chronicles 7:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֛ל אֶפְרַ֥יִם אֲבִיהֶ֖ם יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶחָ֖יו לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyitʾabbēl [mourned] ʾEprayim [Ephraim] their ʾăbîhem [father] yāmîm rabbîm [many days]; and wayyābōʾû [came] his ʾeḥāyw [brothers] lənaḥămô [to comfort him].

Grammar Details

*wa-*: conjunction - and
*yyitʾabbēl*: verb, Hithpael imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine singular - he mourned
*ʾEprayim*: proper name, masculine
*ʾăbîhem*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their father
*yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
*rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many
*yyābōʾû*: verb, Qal imperfect consecutive 3rd person masculine plural - they came
*ʾeḥāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his brothers
*lə-*: preposition - to/for
*naḥămô*: verb, Piel infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - comfort him

Word Meanings

*wayyitʾabbēl*: he mourned, he grieved
*ʾăbîhem*: their father, their ancestor
*yāmîm rabbîm*: many days, a long time
*wayyābōʾû*: they came, they arrived
*ʾeḥāyw*: his brothers, his kinsmen, his relatives
*lənaḥămô*: to comfort him, to console him

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Referenced Verses

Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Job 2:11 : 11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

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