for the halfלַחֲצִיof Manassehהַמְנַשֶּׁהin Gilead,גִּלְעָדָהIddoיִדּוֹsonבֶּןof Zechariah;זְכַרְיָהוּfor Benjamin,לְבִנְיָמִןJaasielיַעֲשִׂיאֵלsonבֶּןof Abner;אַבְנֵר
1 Chronicles 27:21
Study it in the app“for the half of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner;”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 27:21, word by word
- for the halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears- in Gileadגִּלְעָדָgilada
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilada” appears- Iddoיִדּוֹyido
Iddo
Iddo: a chief of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead.
Where else “yido” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Zechariahזְכַרְיָהוּzecharyahu
Zechariah
Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.
Where else “zecharyahu” appears- for Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appears- Jaasielיַעֲשִׂיאֵלyaasiel
Jaasiel
Jaasiel: the name of two Israelites: one of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:47) and a son of Abner, chief of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 27:21). The name means "God makes."
Where else “yaasiel” appears- of Abnerאַבְנֵרavner
Abner
Abner, son of Ner, relative of King Saul and commander of his army. In 1 Samuel 14:50 the Hebrew writes the long form, "Abiner." The name means "my father is a lamp."
Where else “avner” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
The context
20for the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Azaziah; for the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah;
21 · This verse (above)
22for Dan, Azarel son of Jeroham. These were the chiefs of the tribes of Israel.