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The sonsבְּנֵיof Salma:שַׂלְמָאBethlehem,בֵּית לֶחֶםand the Netophathites,וּנְטוֹפָתִיAtroth-beth-joab,עַטְרוֹת בֵּית יוֹאָבand halfוַחֲצִיof the Manahathites,הַמָּנַחְתִּיthe Zorites.הַצָּרְעִי
1 Chronicles 2:54
Study it in the app“The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 2:54, word by word
- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Salmaשַׂלְמָאsalma
Salma
Salma: the name of two men of Judah: the father of Boaz (also called Salmon) and a son of Hur, called "father of Bethlehem."
Where else “salma” appears- Bethlehemבֵּיתbet
Bethlehem
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appears- and the Netophathitesנְטוֹפָתִיnetofati
Netophathite
Netophathite: a native of Netophah, a town near Bethlehem. Several of David's mighty men are called this.
Where else “netofati” appears- Atroth-beth-joabעַטְרוֹתatrot
Atroth-beth-joab
Atroth-beth-joab: the name of a place or of a group of families of Judah. The name means "crowns of the house of Joab."
Where else “atrot” appears- and halfחֲצִיchatsi
half of the Manahathites
"Half of the Manahathites": half of a group of families of Judah that bears the name of Manahath.
Where else “chatsi” appears- the Zoritesצָּרְעִיtsari
Zorathite, Zorite
Zorathite: an inhabitant of Zorah, a town of the Shephelah of Judah.
Where else “tsari” appears
Places in this verse
Bethlehem
Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank
A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.
Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).
The context
53And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
54 · This verse (above)
55And the families of the scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.