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Elkanah;אֶלְקָנָהthe sonsבְּנֵיof Elkanah:אֶלְקָנָהZophai,צוֹפַיhis son;בְּנוֹNahath,וְנַחַתhis son;בְּנוֹ
1 Chronicles 6:26
Study it in the app“Elkanah; the sons of Elkanah: Zophai, his son; Nahath, his son;”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 6:26, word by word
- Elkanahאֶלְקָנָהelkana
Elkanah
Elkanah, a name borne by several men; among them a son of Korah (Exodus 6:24) and the father of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1). It means "El has acquired".
Where else “elkana” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- Zophaiצוֹפַיtsofay
Zuph
Zuph, an ancestor of the prophet Samuel; also a region bearing his name (1 Samuel 9:5).
Where else “tsofay” appears- Nahathנַחַתnachat
Nahath
Nahath, the name of a grandson of Esau and of two Levites.
Where else “nachat” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew is difficult. What is written says “Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah”; the form that is read says “Elkanah, his son.”
The context
25And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
26 · This verse (above)
27Eliab, his son; Jeroham, his son; Elkanah, his son.