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And Ephraimוַ אֶפְרַיִםtheir fatherאֲבִיהֶםmournedיִּתְאַבֵּלmanyרַבִּיםdays,יָמִיםand his brothersוַ אֶחָיוcameיָּבֹאוּto comfort him.לְנַחֲמוֹ
1 Chronicles 7:22
Study it in the app“And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 7:22, word by word
- And Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- their fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- mournedיִּתְאַבֵּלyitabel
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “yitabel” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- and his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- to comfort himנַחֲמnacham
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “nacham” appears
The context
21Zabad, his son; Shuthelah, his son; and Ezer and Elead. And the men of Gath who were born in the land killed them, because they came down to take their livestock.
22 · This verse (above)
23And he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his house.