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And his brotherוְאָחִיוAsaph,אָסָףwhoהָstoodעֹמֵדatעַלhis right hand:יְמִינוֹAsaphאָסָףthe sonבֶּןof Berechiah,בֶּרֶכְיָהוּthe sonבֶּןof Shimea,שִׁמְעָא
1 Chronicles 6:39
Study it in the app“And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,”
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1 Chronicles 6:39, word by word
- And his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- Asaphאָסָףasaf
Asaph
Asaph: a name meaning "gatherer," borne by the father of Joah, Hezekiah's recorder (2 Kings 18:18); the Levite who led the singers in David's time, to whom several psalms are attributed (1 Chronicles 16:5; Psalms 50; 73-83); and a keeper of the Persian king's forest (Nehemiah 2:8).
Where else “asaf” appears- stoodעֹמֵדomed
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omed” appears- his right handיְמִינyemin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yemin” appears- the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Berechiahבֶּרֶכְיָהוּberechyahu
Berechiah
Berechiah: name of several Israelites. It means "YHWH has blessed."
Where else “berechyahu” appears- of Shimeaשִׁמְעָאshima
Shimea, Shimeah
Shimea (also Shimeah), the name of several men: a brother of David, father of Jonadab and of Jonathan (2 Samuel 13:3; 21:21), called Shammah in 1 Samuel 16:9; a son of David born in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 3:5); and two Levites (1 Chronicles 6:30, 39). The name comes from "hear".
Where else “shima” appears
Translation note
“Brother” here means a relative of the same tribe: Asaph was of the family of Gershon, and Heman, of that of Kohath.
The context
38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
39 · This verse (above)
40the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,