1 Chronicles 8:6

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1 Chronicles 8:6, word by word

the sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “bene” appears

of Ehudאֵחוּדechud

Ehud

Ehud: a man of the tribe of Benjamin. In Hebrew it is written with a different letter from Ehud the judge of Judges 3.

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headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

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of fathers’ housesאָבוֹתavot

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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of the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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of Gebaגֶבַעgeva

Geba

Geba: a town of Benjamin, later a Levite city. The name means "hill."

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and they carried them into exileיַּגְלוּyaglu

go into exile

To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.

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Manahath)מָנָחַתmanachat

Manahath

Manahath, a grandson of Seir; also a place to which some Benjaminites were carried off.

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Translation note

Obscure verses in Hebrew (6-7): it does not say who carried these families into exile, nor when. This “Ehud” is written in Hebrew with a different letter from the Ehud of Judges 3:15, the Benjaminite judge.

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