Study it in the app“And 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.”
And the familiesוּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתof the scribesסֹפְרִיםwho livedיֹשְׁבֵיinJabez:יַעְבֵּץthe Tirathites,תִּרְעָתִיםthe Shimeathites,שִׁמְעָתִיםthe Sucathites.שׂוּכָתִיםThese areהֵמָּהthe Kenitesהַקִּינִיםwho cameהַבָּאִיםfrom Hammath,מֵחַמַּתthe fatherאֲבִיof the houseבֵיתof Rechab.רֵכָב
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofrim” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearsJabez
Jabez: the name of a place in Judah where families of scribes lived, and of a man of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:9-10). It is not Jabesh of Gilead, which is written differently in Hebrew.
Where else “yabets” appearsTirathite
Tirathite: a member of one of the families of scribes who lived at Jabez.
Where else “tiratim” appearsShimeathite
Shimeathite: a member of one of the families of scribes who lived at Jabez.
Where else “shimatim” appearsSucathite
Sucathite: a member of one of the families of scribes who lived at Jabez.
Where else “suchatim” appearsKenite
Kenite(s): a people of southern Canaan; Moses' father-in-law belonged to them.
Where else “kinim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appearsHammath
Hammath: a fortified city of Naphtali, by the Sea of Chinnereth. The name means "hot waters."
Where else “chamat” appearsfounder
One who started a trade, or someone much respected.
Where else “avi” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appearsRechab
Rechab, the name of several men; among them the one who, with his brother Baanah, killed Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4), and the ancestor of the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35).
Where else “rechav” appears“Jabez” is a place in Judah; it is not Jabesh of Gilead, which is written differently in Hebrew. The Kenites were a people related to the father-in-law of Moses (Judges 1:16). Jeremiah 35 speaks of the house of Rechab.
54The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
55 · This verse (above)
