Genesis 25:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָקְשָׁ֣ן יָלַ֔ד אֶת־שְׁבָ֖א וְאֶת־דְּדָ֑ן וּבְנֵ֣י דְדָ֔ן הָי֛וּ אַשּׁוּרִ֥ם וּלְטוּשִׁ֖ים וּלְאֻמִּֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-yāqšān yālad ʾet-šəḇāʾ wə-ʾet-dədān û-ḇənê dədān hāyû ʾaššûrîm û-ləṭûšîm û-ləʾummîm

Grammar Details

*wə-yāqšān*: waw conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Jokshan
*yālad*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - begot/fathered
*ʾet-šəḇāʾ*: direct object marker + proper noun, masculine singular - Sheba
*wə-ʾet-dədān*: waw conjunction + direct object marker + proper noun, masculine singular - and Dedan
*û-ḇənê*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and sons of
*dədān*: proper noun, masculine singular - Dedan
*hāyû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - were/became
*ʾaššûrîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - Asshurim
*û-ləṭûšîm*: waw conjunction + proper noun, masculine plural - and Letushim
*û-ləʾummîm*: waw conjunction + proper noun, masculine plural - and Leummim

Word Meanings

*yālad*: begot/fathered/gave birth to
*hāyû*: were/became/existed as

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 2:9 : 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
1 Kgs 10:1 : 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
Job 6:19 : 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
Ps 72:10 : 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring{H8686)} presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer{H8686)} gifts.
Jer 25:23 : 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
Jer 49:8 : 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
Ezek 25:13 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Ezek 27:6 : 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
Ezek 27:20 : 20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

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