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And the sonsוּבְנֵיof Ulam:אוּלָםBedan.בְּדָןTheseאֵלֶּהwerethe sonsבְּנֵיof Gileadגִלְעָדthe sonבֶּןof Machir,מָכִירthe sonבֶּןof Manasseh.מְנַשֶּׁה
1 Chronicles 7:17
Study it in the app“And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 7:17, word by word
- And the sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- of Ulamאוּלָםulam
Ulam
Ulam: the name of two Israelites: one of Manasseh and one of Benjamin.
Where else “ulam” appears- Bedanבְּדָןbedan
Bedan
Bedan: the name of two people; one is a deliverer of Israel whom Samuel names with Jerubbaal and Jephthah (1 Samuel 12:11) and of whom nothing more is said.
Where else “bedan” appears- of Gileadגִלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” 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- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
The context
16And 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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.