1 Chronicles 2:13

“And Jesse fathered his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,”

1 Chronicles 2:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Chronicles 2:13, word by word

Jesseאִישַׁיishay

Jesse

Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.

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fatheredהוֹלִידholid

father

For a man to have a child.

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his firstbornבְּכֹרbechor

firstborn

The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.

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Eliabאֱלִיאָבeliav

Eliab

Eliab, the name of several men; among them a chief of the tribe of Zebulun (Numbers 1:9), the father of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:1) and the oldest brother of David (1 Samuel 16:6). It means "God is father."

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Abinadabאֲבִינָדָבavinadav

Abinadab

Abinadab: the name of several people; among them the man of Kiriath-jearim in whose house the ark stayed (1 Samuel 7:1), a brother of David (1 Samuel 16:8) and a son of Saul (1 Samuel 31:2). It means "my father is generous".

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the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni

second

The one that comes after the first; the other of two.

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and Shimeaשִׁמְעָאshima

Shimea, Shimeah

Shimea (also Shimeah), the name of several men: a brother of David, father of Jonadab and of Jonathan (2 Samuel 13:3; 21:21), called Shammah in 1 Samuel 16:9; a son of David born in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 3:5); and two Levites (1 Chronicles 6:30, 39). The name comes from "hear".

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the thirdשְּׁלִישִׁיshelishi

third

The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.

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Translation note

In 1 Samuel 16:9 and 17:13 Jesse’s third son is called “Shammah”; here the Hebrew writes “Shimea.”

The context

12And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

13 · This verse (above)

14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

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