2 Chronicles 11:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֤וֹ רְחַבְעָם֙ אִשָּׁ֔ה אֶת־מָ֣חֲלַ֔ת *בן־**בַּת־יְרִימ֖וֹת בֶּן־דָּוִ֑יד אֲבִיהַ֕יִל בַּת־אֱלִיאָ֖ב בֶּן־יִשָֽׁי׃

Transliteration

And wayyiqqaḥ-for himself rəḥāḇə'ām ʾishshāh ʾēt-māḥălat bat-yərîmôt ben-dāwîḏ ʾăḇîhayil bat-ʾĕlîʾāḇ ben-yishay

Grammar Details

*wayyiqqaḥ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took
*rəḥāḇə'ām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Rehoboam
*ʾishshāh*: noun, feminine singular - wife
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*māḥălat*: proper noun, feminine singular - Mahalath
*bat*: noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
*yərîmôt*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jerimoth
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*dāwîḏ*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
*ʾăḇîhayil*: proper noun, feminine singular - Abihail
*ʾĕlîʾāḇ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Eliab
*yishay*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jesse

Word Meanings

*bat*-*yərîmôt*: textual variant noted with asterisk in source, showing *ben* (son) appears in some versions

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 16:6 : 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.
1 Sam 17:13 : 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
1 Sam 17:28 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
1 Chr 27:18 : 18 of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
1 Chr 2:13 : 13 and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

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