Study it in the app“And his wife, the Judahite, bore Jared the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Socoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.”
And his wife,וְאִשְׁתּוֹthe Judahite,הַיְהֻדִיָּהboreיָלְדָהJaredאֶת יֶרֶדthe fatherאֲבִיof Gedor,גְדוֹרHeberוְאֶת חֶבֶרthe fatherאֲבִיof Socoh,שׂוֹכוֹand Jekuthielוְאֶת יְקוּתִיאֵלthe fatherאֲבִיof Zanoah.זָנוֹחַAnd theseוְאֵלֶּהarethe sonsבְּנֵיof Bithiahבִּתְיָהthe daughterבַתof Pharaoh,פַּרְעֹהwhomאֲשֶׁרMeredמָרֶדtook.לָקַח
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appearsJudahite woman
Judahite: a woman of the tribe or of the land of Judah. Here it distinguishes the wife of Mered who was of Judah from his other wife, Bithiah, who was Egyptian.
Where else “yehudiya” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appearsJared
Jared, son of Mahalalel and father of Enoch.
Where else “yered” appearsfounder
One who started a trade, or someone much respected.
Where else “avi” appearsGedor
Gedor: a town of Judah in the hill country; also the name of several Israelites. The name means "enclosure."
Where else “gedor” appearsHeber
Heber, the name of a grandson of Asher, of Heber the Kenite, husband of Jael, and of other Israelites.
Where else “chever” appearsSocoh
Socoh: the name of two towns of Judah, one in the Shephelah and one in the hill country.
Where else “socho” appearsJekuthiel
Jekuthiel: a man of the tribe of Judah, called "father of Zanoah."
Where else “yekutiel” appearsZanoah
Zanoah: the name of two towns of Judah, one in the Shephelah and one in the hill country.
Where else “zanoach” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsBithiah
Bithiah: a daughter of Pharaoh who was the wife of Mered, of the tribe of Judah. The name means "daughter of YHWH."
Where else “bitya” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsMered
Mered: a man of the tribe of Judah who took Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, as his wife.
Where else “mared” appearstake a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “lakach” appearsThe order of the Hebrew is difficult: “these are the sons of Bithiah” seems to refer to those named at the end of verse 17. Mered had, according to this, two wives: Bithiah, an Egyptian, and another from Judah.
17And the son of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And she conceived Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
18 · This verse (above)
19And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
