1 Chronicles 7:22

King James 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

Referenced Verses

• Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, 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: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.