1 Chronicles 4:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י יַעְבֵּ֔ץ נִכְבָּ֖ד מֵאֶחָ֑יו וְאִמּ֗וֹ קָרְאָ֨ה שְׁמ֤וֹ יַעְבֵּץ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כִּ֥י יָלַ֖דְתִּי בְּעֹֽצֶב׃

Transliteration

wayᵊhî yaʿbēṣ nikbād mēʾeḥāyw wᵊʾimmô qārᵊʾāh šᵊmô yaʿbēṣ lēʾmōr kî yāladtî bᵊʿōṣeb

Grammar Details

*wayᵊhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms with waw-consecutive - and he was
*yaʿbēṣ*: proper name - Jabez
*nikbād*: niphal participle ms - honored/more honorable
*mēʾeḥāyw*: preposition + noun + 3ms suffix - than his brothers
*wᵊʾimmô*: conjunction + noun + 3ms suffix - and his mother
*qārᵊʾāh*: qal perfect 3fs - called
*šᵊmô*: noun + 3ms suffix - his name
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*yāladtî*: qal perfect 1cs - I bore
*bᵊʿōṣeb*: preposition + noun - in pain

Word Meanings

*nikbād*: honored/more honorable/distinguished
*bᵊʿōṣeb*: in pain/in sorrow/with difficulty
*yaʿbēṣ*: Jabez - name related to *ʿeṣeb* (pain)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 34:19 : 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
Gen 35:18 : 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing,(for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
1 Sam 4:21 : 21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
1 Chr 7:23 : 23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
Isa 43:4 : 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Acts 17:11 : 11 {G1161} These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Gen 3:16 : 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Chr 4:10-11
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8And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
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1 Chr 1:22-23
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Gen 29:35
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35And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
1 Chr 1:20
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20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
Ruth 4:22
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Judg 11:1-2
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1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
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Jer 15:10
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Prov 23:25
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1 Sam 1:10
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1 Sam 4:21
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21And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
Judg 5:24
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1 Sam 22:3
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3And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
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2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
Luke 1:60
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60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
Jer 20:17
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17Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
Ps 35:14
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1 Chr 4:22
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