Theseאֵלֶּהare the headsרָאשֵׁיof their fathers’אֲבֹתָםhouses:בֵיתthe sonsבְּנֵיof Reuben,רְאוּבֵןthe firstbornבְּכֹרof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵלEnochחֲנוֹךְand Pallu,וּפַלּוּאHezronחֶצְרוֹןand Carmi;וְכַרְמִיtheseאֵלֶּהare the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתof Reuben.רְאוּבֵן
Exodus 6:14
Study it in the app“These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Enoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 6:14, word by word
- are the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rashe” appears- of their fathers’אֲבֹתָavota
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avota” appears- housesבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Reubenרְאוּבֵןreuven
Reuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” appears- the firstbornבְּכֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- Enochחֲנוֹךְchanoch
Enoch
Enoch, the name of a son of Cain and of the descendant of Seth who walked with God and was taken by him (Genesis 5:18-24); also a city, and other men.
Where else “chanoch” appears- and Palluפַלּוּאfalu
Pallu
Pallu, a son of Reuben.
Where else “falu” appears- Hezronחֶצְרוֹןchetsron
Hezron
Hezron, the name of a son of Reuben and of a grandson of Judah, an ancestor of David; also a place in Judah.
Where else “chetsron” appears- and Carmiכַרְמִיcharmi
Carmi
Carmi, the name of a son of Reuben and of other Israelites, among them the father of Achan.
Where else “charmi” appears- are the familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears
The context
13Then YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a charge concerning the sons of Israel and concerning Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
14 · This verse (above)
15The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul, the son of the Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.