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And theseוְאֵלֶּהare their names:שְׁמוֹתָםBen-hur,בֶּן חוּרin the hill countryבְּהַרof Ephraim;אֶפְרָיִם
1 Kings 4:8
Study it in the app“And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 4:8, word by word
- are their namesשְׁמוֹתָshemota
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemota” appears- Ben-hurבֶּןben
Ben-hur
Ben-hur: Solomon's officer in the hill country of Ephraim (1 Kings 4:8). The name means "son of Hur."
Where else “ben” appears- in the hill countryהַרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
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
The context
7And Solomon had twelve prefects over all Israel, and they sustained the king and his house; for a month in the year it would be on each one to sustain them.
8 · This verse (above)
9Ben-deker, in Makaz and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elon-beth-hanan;