1 Chronicles 8:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Shaharaim begat children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשַׁחֲרַיִם הוֹלִיד בִּשְׂדֵה מוֹאָב מִן־שִׁלְחוֹ אֹתָם חוּשִׁים וְאֶת־בַּעֲרָא נָשָׁיו

Transliteration

wə-šaḥărayim hôlîd bi-śədēh môʾāb min-šilḥô ʾōtām ḥûšîm wə-ʾet-baʿărāʾ nāšāyw

Grammar Details

*wə*: conjunction - and
*šaḥărayim*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Shaharaim
*hôlîd*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he begat
*bi*: preposition - in
*śədēh*: noun, masculine, singular construct - field of
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
*min*: preposition - from
*šilḥô*: infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sending away
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker with 3rd plural suffix - them
*ḥûšîm*: proper noun - Hushim
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*baʿărāʾ*: proper noun, feminine, singular - Baara
*nāšāyw*: noun, feminine, plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wives

Word Meanings

*šilḥô*: his sending away/his divorcing/his dismissing

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Referenced Verses

Gen 25:6 : 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Ruth 1:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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