1 Chronicles 1:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram and Uz and Hul and Gether and Meshech.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנֵ֣י שֵׁ֔ם עֵילָ֣ם וְאַשּׁ֔וּר וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד וְל֣וּד וַאֲרָ֑ם וְע֥וּץ וְח֖וּל וְגֶ֥תֶר וָמֶֽשֶׁךְ׃ ס

Transliteration

bənê Šēm ʿÊlām wə-ʾAššûr wə-ʾArpakšad wə-Lûd wa-ʾĂrām wə-ʿÛṣ wə-Ḥûl wə-Geter wā-Mešek

Grammar Details

• *bənê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - sons of
• *Šēm*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Shem
• *ʿÊlām*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Elam
• *wə-ʾAššûr*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Asshur
• *wə-ʾArpakšad*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Arphaxad
• *wə-Lûd*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Lud
• *wa-ʾĂrām*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Aram
• *wə-ʿÛṣ*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Uz
• *wə-Ḥûl*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Hul
• *wə-Geter*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Gether
• *wā-Mešek*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Meshech
• ס: paragraph marker

Word Meanings

• *bənê*: sons of/descendants of

Referenced Verses

• Gen 10:22-32 : 22 These are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram. 23 And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash. 24 And Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber. 25 And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah 27 And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah 28 And Obal and Abimael and Sheba 29 And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31 These, with their families and their languages and their lands and their nations, are the offspring of Shem. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.
• Gen 11:10 : 10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
• Gen 14:1 : 1 Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
• Num 23:7 : 7 And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.
• Num 24:22-24 : 22 But still the Kenites will be wasted, till Asshur takes you away prisoner. 23 Then he went on with his story and said, But who may keep his life when God does this? 24 But ships will come from the direction of Kittim, troubling Asshur and troubling Eber, and like the others their fate will be destruction.
• Ezra 4:2 : 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of families, and said to them, Let us take part in the building with you; for we are servants of your God, even as you are; and we have been making offerings to him from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who put us here.
• Ps 83:8 : 8 Assur is joined with them; they have become the support of the children of Lot. (Selah.)
• Isa 11:11 : 11 And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.
• Isa 21:2 : 2 A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.
• Isa 22:6 : 6 And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered.
• Isa 66:19 : 19 And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.
• Jer 25:25 : 25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
• Ezek 27:10 : 10 Cush and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war, hanging up their body-covers and head-dresses of war in you: they gave you your glory.
• Ezek 27:23 : 23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Asshur and all the Medes:
• Ezek 32:22 : 22 There is Asshur and all her army, round about her last resting-place: all of them put to death by the sword:
• Ezek 32:24 : 24 There is Elam and all her people, round about her last resting-place: all of them put to death by the sword, who have gone down without circumcision into the lowest parts of the earth, who were a cause of fear in the land of the living, and are put to shame with those who go down to the underworld:
• Dan 8:2 : 2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.
• Hos 14:3 : 3 Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.