Genesis 25:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל בִּשְׁמֹתָ֖ם לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֑ם בְּכֹ֤ר יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ נְבָיֹ֔ת וְקֵדָ֥ר וְאַדְבְּאֵ֖ל וּמִבְשָֽׂם׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾēlleh šəmôt bənê yišmāʿēʾl bi-šmōtām lə-tôləḏōtām bəḵōr yišmāʿēʾl nəḇāyōt wə-qēḏār wə-ʾaḏbəʾēl û-miḇśām

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾēlleh*: waw conjunction + demonstrative pronoun, common plural - and these
• *šəmôt*: noun, masculine plural construct - names of
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *yišmāʿēʾl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ishmael
• *bi-šmōtām*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - by their names
• *lə-tôləḏōtām*: preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - according to their generations
• *bəḵōr*: noun, masculine singular construct - firstborn of
• *nəḇāyōt*: proper noun, masculine singular - Nebaioth
• *wə-qēḏār*: waw conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Kedar
• *wə-ʾaḏbəʾēl*: waw conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Adbeel
• *û-miḇśām*: waw conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Mibsam

Word Meanings

• *šəmôt*: names/titles
• *bi-šmōtām*: by their names/according to their names
• *lə-tôləḏōtām*: according to their generations/by their genealogies/by their birth order

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 1:29-31 : 29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
• Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
• Gen 36:3 : 3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
• Ps 120:5 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
• Song 1:5 : 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
• Isa 21:16-17 : 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
• Isa 42:11 : 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.