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Beerah,בְּאֵרָהhis son,בְנוֹwhomאֲשֶׁרTilgath-pilneserתִּלְּגַת פִּלְנְאֶסֶרkingמֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשֻּׁרcarried into exile;הֶגְלָהheהוּאwaschiefנָשִׂיאof the Reubenites.לָראוּבֵנִי
1 Chronicles 5:6
Study it in the app“Beerah, his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried into exile; he was chief of the Reubenites.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 5:6, word by word
- Beerahבְּאֵרָהbeera
Beerah
Beerah: a chief of the tribe of Reuben, taken into exile by the king of Assyria.
Where else “beera” appears- his sonבְנven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- Tilgath-pilneserתִּלְּגַתtilgat
Tiglath-pileser
Tiglath-pileser: a king of Assyria who took the north of Israel and carried its people into exile (2 Kings 15:29), and from whom Ahaz of Judah asked help (2 Kings 16:7). In Chronicles the name is written "Tilgath-pilneser."
Where else “tilgat” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Assyriaאַשֻּׁרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- carried into exileהֶגְלָהhegla
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “hegla” appears- chiefנָשִׂיאnasi
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nasi” appears- of the Reubenitesראוּבֵנִיruveni
Reubenite
Reubenite: a descendant of Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
Where else “ruveni” appears
Translation note
“Tilgath-pilneser” is the form in which Chronicles writes the name of the king whom 2 Kings 15:29 calls “Tiglath-pileser.”
Places in this verse
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
5Micah, his son; Reaiah, his son; Baal, his son;
6 · This verse (above)
7And his brothers, by their families, in the genealogical record according to their generations: the head, Jeiel; and Zechariah,