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Benjamin:בִּנְיָמִןBela,בֶּלַעBecher,וָבֶכֶרand Jediael,וִידִיעֲאֵלthree.שְׁלֹשָׁה
1 Chronicles 7:6
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1 Chronicles 7:6, word by word
- Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןbinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appears- Belaבֶּלַעbela
Bela
Bela, an older name of the town of Zoar; also the name of an early king of Edom and of Israelites, such as a son of Benjamin.
Where else “bela” appears- Becherבֶכֶרvecher
Becher
Becher, a son of Benjamin; also a man of the tribe of Ephraim.
Where else “vecher” appears- and Jediaelידִיעֲאֵלydiael
Jediael
Jediael: the name of three Israelites: a son of Benjamin, one of David's mighty men, and a Levite gatekeeper. The name means "known by God."
Where else “ydiael” appears- threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears
Translation note
The lists of the sons of Benjamin differ: Genesis 46:21 names ten; Numbers 26:38-39, five; 1 Chronicles 8:1-2, five. They are not harmonized.
The context
5And their brothers, of all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor: eighty-seven thousand was their genealogical record of all.
6 · This verse (above)
7And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and their genealogical record: twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.