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Maacah,מַעֲכָהCaleb’sכָּלֵבconcubine,פִּלֶגֶשׁboreיָלַדSheberשֶׁבֶרand Tirhanah.וְאֶת תִּרְחֲנָה
1 Chronicles 2:48
Study it in the app“Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 2:48, word by word
- Maacahמַעֲכָהmaacha
Maacah
Maacah, the name of several people, men and women; among them a son of Nahor and the daughter of the king of Geshur, David's wife and Absalom's mother. Also a small kingdom in the north.
Where else “maacha” appears- Caleb’sכָּלֵבkalev
Caleb
Caleb, a scout from the tribe of Judah who with Joshua trusted YHWH (Numbers 14:6-9, 24); others also bear the name.
Where else “kalev” appears- concubineפִּלֶגֶשׁpilegesh
concubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “pilegesh” appears- boreיָלַדyalad
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalad” appears- Sheberשֶׁבֶרshever
Sheber
Sheber: a son of Caleb and of his concubine Maacah.
Where else “shever” appears- and Tirhanahתִּרְחֲנָהtirchana
Tirhanah
Tirhanah: a son of Caleb and of his concubine Maacah.
Where else “tirchana” appears
The context
47And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 · This verse (above)
49And she bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.