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And afterwardוְאַחַרHezronחֶצְרוֹןwent inבָּאtoאֶלthe daughterבַּתof Machir,מָכִירthe fatherאֲבִיof Gilead;גִלְעָדand heוְהוּאtook herלְקָחָהּwhen heוְהוּאwassixtyבֶּן שִׁשִּׁיםyears old,שָׁנָהand she boreוַתֵּלֶדhimלוֹSegub.אֶת שְׂגוּב
1 Chronicles 2:21
Study it in the app“And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead; and he took her when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 2:21, word by word
- Hezronחֶצְרוֹןchetsron
Hezron
Hezron, the name of a son of Reuben and of a grandson of Judah, an ancestor of David; also a place in Judah.
Where else “chetsron” appears- went inבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Machirמָכִירmachir
Machir
Machir, the name of two men: the son of Manasseh, father of Gilead, and the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, who took in Mephibosheth and later helped David.
Where else “machir” appears- the fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- of Gileadגִלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- took herלְקָחָlekaach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “lekaach” appears- sixtyבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- years oldשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears- and she boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- Segubשְׂגוּבseguv
Segub
Segub: a name meaning "exalted." He is the youngest son of Hiel, who built Jericho (1 Kings 16:34); also a descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:21-22).
Where else “seguv” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
The context
20And Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.
21 · This verse (above)
22And Segub fathered Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.