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And Shobalוַ לְשׁוֹבָלthe fatherאֲבִיof Kiriath-jearimקִרְיַת יְעָרִיםhadיִּהְיוּsons:בָנִיםHaroeh,הָרֹאֶהhalfחֲצִיof the Menuhoth.הַמְּנֻחוֹת
1 Chronicles 2:52
Study it in the app“And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 2:52, word by word
- And Shobalשׁוֹבָלshoval
Shobal
Shobal, a son of Seir the Horite; also Israelites.
Where else “shoval” appears- the fatherאֲבִיavi
founder
One who started a trade, or someone much respected.
Where else “avi” appears- of Kiriath-jearimקִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-jearim
Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."
Where else “kiryat” appears- hadיִּהְיוּyihyu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihyu” appears- sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- Haroehהָרֹאֶהharoe
Haroeh
Haroeh: a son of Shobal, of the tribe of Judah. The name means "the seer."
Where else “haroe” appears- halfחֲצִיchatsi
half of the Menuhoth
"Half of the Menuhoth": an expression of uncertain sense in the list of the descendants of Shobal. "Menuhoth" means "resting places"; it may be the name of a group or of a place.
Where else “chatsi” appears
Translation note
The sense is uncertain. “Haroeh” means “the one who sees,” and “Menuhoth” means “resting places”; they may be the names of a person and of a group, similar to “half of the Manahathites” in verse 54.
The context
51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
52 · This verse (above)
53And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.