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And Chelub,וּכְלוּבthe brotherאֲחִיof Shuhah,שׁוּחָהfatheredהוֹלִיד אֶתMehir;מְחִירheהוּאwasthe fatherאֲבִיof Eshton.אֶשְׁתּוֹן
1 Chronicles 4:11
Study it in the app“And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir; he was the father of Eshton.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 4:11, word by word
- And Chelubכְלוּבcheluv
Chelub
Chelub: the name of two Israelites, one of Judah and the other the father of an officer of David.
Where else “cheluv” appears- the brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- of Shuhahשׁוּחָהshucha
Shuhah
Shuhah: a man of the tribe of Judah, brother of Chelub.
Where else “shucha” appears- fatheredהוֹלִידholid
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “holid” appears- Mehirמְחִירmechir
Mehir
Mehir: a man of the tribe of Judah. As a common word it means "price."
Where else “mechir” appears- the fatherאֲבִיavi
founder
One who started a trade, or someone much respected.
Where else “avi” appears- of Eshtonאֶשְׁתּוֹןeshton
Eshton
Eshton: a man of the tribe of Judah.
Where else “eshton” appears
The context
10And Jabez called on the Elohim of Israel, saying, “If you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my territory, and your hand would be with me, and you would act keeping me from evil, so that it may not pain me…!” And Elohim brought what he asked.
11 · This verse (above)
12And Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.