1 Chronicles 7:14

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom Jaladah his Aramaean concubine bare, with Machir father of Gilead.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה אַשְׂרִיאֵ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָלָ֑דָה פִּֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ הָֽאֲרַמִּיָּ֔ה יָלְדָ֕ה אֶת־מָכִ֖יר אֲבִ֥י גִלְעָֽד׃

Transliteration

Benê [sons of] Mənaššeh [Manasseh]: ʾAśrîʾēl whom she yālādâ [bore]; his pîlagšô [concubine] the hāʾărammiyâ [Aramean] yālədâ [bore] ʾet-Mākîr ʾăbî [father of] Gilʿād [Gilead].

Grammar Details

• *benê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons of
• *Mənaššeh*: proper name, masculine
• *ʾAśrîʾēl*: proper name, masculine
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who, whom, which
• *yālādâ*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she bore
• *pîlagšô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his concubine
• *hā-*: definite article - the
• *ʾărammiyâ*: adjective, feminine singular - Aramean
• *yālədâ*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she bore
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Mākîr*: proper name, masculine
• *ʾăbî*: construct state, masculine singular - father of
• *Gilʿād*: proper name, masculine

Word Meanings

• *benê*: sons, descendants, members
• *yālādâ*: bore, gave birth to
• *pîlagšô*: his concubine, his secondary wife
• *hāʾărammiyâ*: the Aramean (woman), the Syrian (woman)
• *ʾăbî*: father of, ancestor of, progenitor of

Referenced Verses

• Gen 50:23 : 23 and Joseph looketh on Ephraim's sons of the third `generation'; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph.
• Num 26:29-34 : 29 Sons of Manasseh: of Machir `is' the family of the Machirite; and Machir hath begotten Gilead; of Gilead `is' the family of the Gileadite. 30 These `are' sons of Gilead: `of' Jeezer `is' the family of the Jeezerite; of Helek the family of the Helekite; 31 and `of' Asriel the family of the Asrielite; and `of' Shechem the family of the Shechemite; 32 and `of' Shemida the family of the Shemidaite; and `of' Hepher the family of the Hepherite. 33 And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad `are' Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These `are' families of Manasseh, and their numbered ones `are' two and fifty thousand and seven hundred.
• Num 27:1 : 1 And daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh son of Joseph, draw near -- and these `are' the names of his daughters, Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah --
• Num 32:30-42 : 30 and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.' 31 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, `That which Jehovah hath spoken unto thy servants -- so we do; 32 we -- we pass over armed before Jehovah `to' the land of Canaan, and with us `is' the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.' 33 And Moses giveth to them, to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land by its cities, in the borders, the cities of the land round about. 34 And the sons of Gad build Dihon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 and Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defence, and sheepfolds. 37 And the sons of Reuben have build Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 and Nebo, and Baal-Meon (changed in name), and Shibmah, and they call by `these' names the names of the cities which they have built. 39 And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite, who `is' in it; 40 and Moses giveth Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelleth in it. 41 And Jair son of Manasseh hath gone and captureth their towns, and calleth them `Towns of Jair;' 42 and Nobah hath gone and captureth Kenath, and its villages, and calleth it Nobah, by his own name.
• Deut 3:13-15 : 13 and the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I have given to the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, to all that Bashan, called the land of Rephaim. 14 `Jair son of Manasseh hath taken all the region of Argob, unto the border of Geshuri, and Maachathi, and calleth them by his own name, Bashan-Havoth-Jair, unto this day. 15 And to Machir I have given Gilead.
• Josh 13:31 : 31 and the half of Gilead, and Ashteroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, `are' to the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, to the half of the sons of Machir, for their families.
• Josh 17:1-3 : 1 And the lot is for the tribe of Manasseh (for he `is' first-born of Joseph), for Machir first-born of Manasseh, father of Gilead, for he hath been a man of war, and his are Gilead and Bashan. 2 And there is for the sons of Manasseh who are left, for their families; for the sons of Abiezer, and for the sons of Helek, and for the sons of Asriel, and for the sons of Shechem, and for the sons of Hepher, and for the sons of Shemida; these `are' the children of Manasseh son of Joseph -- the males -- by their families. 3 As to Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, he hath no children except daughters, and these `are' the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah,
• Judg 5:14 : 14 Out of Ephraim their root `is' against Amalek. After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down lawgivers, And out of Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer.
• 1 Chr 2:21-23 : 21 And afterwards hath Hezron gone in unto a daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he hath taken her, and he `is' a son of sixty years, and she beareth to him Segub. 22 And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead, 23 and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities -- all these `belonged to' the sons of Machir father of Gilead.