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and Jokim,וְיוֹקִיםand the menוְאַנְשֵׁיof Cozeba,כֹזֵבָאand Joashוְיוֹאָשׁand Saraph,וְשָׂרָףwhoאֲשֶׁרruledבָּעֲלוּin Moab,לְמוֹאָבand Jashubi-lehem.וְיָשֻׁבִי לָחֶםAnd the thingsוְהַדְּבָרִיםareancient.עַתִּיקִים
1 Chronicles 4:22
Study it in the app“and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the things are ancient.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 4:22, word by word
- and Jokimיוֹקִיםyokim
Jokim
Jokim: a man of the tribe of Judah, a descendant of Shelah.
Where else “yokim” appears- and the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of Cozebaכֹזֵבָאchozeva
Cozeba
Cozeba: a place of Judah.
Where else “chozeva” appears- and Joashיוֹאָשׁyoash
Joash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appears- and Saraphשָׂרָףsaraf
Saraph
Saraph: a man of the tribe of Judah who ruled in Moab. As a common word it means "burning" and names the seraphim and the fiery serpents.
Where else “saraf” appears- ruledבָּעֲלוּbaalu
rule
To rule over others.
Where else “baalu” appears- in Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- and Jashubi-lehemיָשֻׁבִיyashuvi
Jashubi-lehem
Jashubi-lehem: the name of a person or a group of Judah. With other vowels the same letters can be read "they returned to Lehem."
Where else “yashuvi” appears- And the thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- ancientעַתִּיקִיםatikim
ancient
From a long time ago; what is already old.
Where else “atikim” appears
Translation note
“Who ruled in Moab”: the Hebrew verb means “be master” and also “take a wife”; it can be read “who married in Moab.” “Jashubi-lehem”: the Hebrew writes it as a name; with other vowels it would read “and they returned to Lehem (Bethlehem).”
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the work of fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
22 · This verse (above)
23These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; with the king, in his work, they lived there.