And the sonsוּבְנֵיof Becher:בֶכֶרZemirah,זְמִירָהJoash,וְיוֹעָשׁEliezer,וֶאֱלִיעֶזֶרElioenai,וְאֶלְיוֹעֵינַיOmri,וְעָמְרִיJeremoth,וִירֵמוֹתAbijah,וַאֲבִיָּהAnathoth,וַעֲנָתוֹתand Alemeth.וְעָלָמֶתAllכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהwerethe sonsבְּנֵיof Becher.בָכֶר
1 Chronicles 7:8
Study it in the app“And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 7:8, 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 Becherבֶכֶרvecher
Becher
Becher, a son of Benjamin; also a man of the tribe of Ephraim.
Where else “vecher” appears- Zemirahזְמִירָהzemira
Zemirah
Zemirah: a man of the tribe of Benjamin, son of Becher.
Where else “zemira” appears- Joashיוֹעָשׁyoash
Joash
Joash: the name of two Israelites, one of Benjamin and an officer of David. In Hebrew it is written differently from the name of King Joash.
Where else “yoash” appears- Eliezerאֱלִיעֶזֶרeliezer
Eliezer
Eliezer, the name of Abram's trusted servant from Damascus and of several Israelites, among them a son of Moses and a prophet.
Where else “eliezer” appears- Elioenaiאֶלְיוֹעֵינַיelyoenay
Elioenai
Elioenai (also Eliehoenai): the name of several Israelites. The name means "toward YHWH are my eyes."
Where else “elyoenay” appears- Omriעָמְרִיamri
Omri
Omri: a name of uncertain meaning. He is the army commander made king of Israel, who built Samaria and was the father of Ahab (1 Kings 16:16-28); other men bear the same name in Chronicles.
Where else “amri” appears- Jeremothירֵמוֹתyremot
Jerimoth
Jerimoth (or Jeremoth): name of several Israelites.
Where else “yremot” appears- Abijahאֲבִיָּהaviya
Abijah
Abijah: the name of several people; among them Samuel's second son (1 Samuel 8:2), a son of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:1) and a king of Judah (2 Chronicles 13:1). It means "my father is YHWH."
Where else “aviya” appears- Anathothעֲנָתוֹתanatot
Anathoth
See it on the mapWhere else “anatot” appears- and Alemethעָלָמֶתalamet
Alemeth
Alemeth: the name of a city of Benjamin given to the priests (Almon in Joshua 21:18) and of two men of Benjamin.
Where else “alamet” appears
Places in this verse
Anathoth
Today: Anata and Ras al-Kharrubeh, West Bank
A town in Benjamin, about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Jerusalem.
It was a city of priests (Josh 21:18). Jeremiah came from there (Jer 1:1).
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9And their genealogical record, according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor: twenty thousand two hundred.