1 Chronicles 2:35

“And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his slave as a wife, and she bore him Attai.”

1 Chronicles 2:35 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Chronicles 2:35, word by word

And Sheshanשֵׁשָׁןsheshan

Sheshan

Sheshan: a man of the tribe of Judah, a descendant of Jerahmeel, who had no sons.

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gaveיִּתֵּןyiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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his daughterבִּתּbit

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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to Jarhaיַרְחָעyarcha

Jarha

Jarha: an Egyptian servant of Sheshan, to whom Sheshan gave his daughter as wife.

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his slaveעַבְדּavd

slave

A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.

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as a wifeאִשָּׁהisha

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

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and she boreתֵּלֶדteled

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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Attaiעַתָּיatay

Attai

Attai: name of several Israelites: the son of Sheshan's daughter and Jarha, one of the Gadites who joined David, and a son of King Rehoboam.

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The context

34And Sheshan had no sons, only daughters; and Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, and his name was Jarha.

35 · This verse (above)

36And Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad.

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