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And Maacahוַ מַעֲכָהthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof Machirמָכִירboreתֵּלֶדa son,בֵּןand she calledוַתִּקְרָאhis nameשְׁמוֹPeresh;פֶּרֶשׁand the nameוְשֵׁםof his brotherאָחִיוwasSheresh;שָׁרֶשׁand his sonsוּבָנָיוwereUlamאוּלָםand Rekem.וָרָקֶם
1 Chronicles 7:16
Study it in the app“And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 7:16, word by word
- And Maacahמַעֲכָהmaacha
Maacah
Maacah, the name of several people, men and women; among them a son of Nahor and the daughter of the king of Geshur, David's wife and Absalom's mother. Also a small kingdom in the north.
Where else “maacha” appears- the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- of Machirמָכִירmachir
Machir
Machir, the name of two men: the son of Manasseh, father of Gilead, and the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, who took in Mephibosheth and later helped David.
Where else “machir” appears- boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- and she calledתִּקְרָאtikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “tikra” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Pereshפֶּרֶשׁperesh
Peresh
Peresh: a son of Machir and Maacah, of the tribe of Manasseh. He is not Perez son of Judah, whose name is written differently in Hebrew.
Where else “peresh” appears- of his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- Shereshשָׁרֶשׁsharesh
Sheresh
Sheresh: a son of Machir and Maacah, of the tribe of Manasseh.
Where else “sharesh” appears- Ulamאוּלָםulam
Ulam
Ulam: the name of two Israelites: one of Manasseh and one of Benjamin.
Where else “ulam” appears- and Rekemרָקֶםrakem
Rekem
Rekem, one of the five kings of Midian killed by Israel; also an Israelite and a place.
Where else “rakem” appears
The context
15And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim, and the name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.
16 · This verse (above)
17And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.