1 Chronicles 4

1 Chronicles 4

1The sons of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] ; Partzi [Breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet)] , Hetzron [surrounded by a wall] , and Karmi [Fruitful, Noble] , and Hur [Liberty] , and Shoval [flowing] .

2And Re’ayah [Yehovah has seen] the son of Shoval [flowing] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yachat [He will snatch up] ; and Yachat [He will snatch up] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Achumai [a water reed: brother of waters] , and Lahad [oppression] . These [are] the families of the Tzor’ati [hornet] .

3And these [were of] the father of ‘Eitam [Lair of Wild Beasts] ; Yizre’el [God Sows] , and Yishma [desolation] , and Yidbash [stout] : and the name of their sister [was] Hazelelponi [facing the shade] :

4And P’nu’el [Facing God] the father of G’dor [Wall] , and ‘Ezer [treasure] the father of Hushah [haste] . These [are] the sons of Hur [Liberty] , the firstborn of Ephrat [ash-heap: place of fruitfulness] , the father of Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] .

5And Ashur the father of T’koa [a stockade] had two wives, Hel’ah [rust] and Na’arah [maiden] .

6And Na’arah [maiden] bore him Achuzam [possessor] , and Hefer [A Well] , and Teimni [southern] , and Achashtari [I will diligently observe the searching] . These [were] the sons of Na’arah [maiden] .

7And the sons of Hel’ah [rust] [were] , Tzeret [splendour] , and Yitz’char [tawny] , and Etnan [hire of unchastity] .

8And Coz begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Avuv [confederate] , and Tzovevah [the slow] , and the families of Acharchel [a following host] the son of Harum [exalted] .

9And Ya’betz [sorrow] was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Ya’betz [sorrow] , saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.

10And Ya’betz [sorrow] called on the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , saying, Oh that youi would bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that youri hand might be with me, and that youi would keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] granted him that which he requested.

11And K’luv [caged] the brother of Shuach [wealth] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) M’chir [price] , which [was] the father of Eshton [effeminate (acting like a woman; unmanly)] .

12And Eshton [effeminate (acting like a woman; unmanly)] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Beit-Rafa [house of healing] , and Paseach [limper] , and T’chinah [supplication] the father of Ir-Nachash [city of a serpent] . These [are] the men of Rekhah [uttermost part] .

13And the sons of K’naz [Hunter] ; ‘Otni’el [Lion of God] , and S’rayah [Yehovah is ruler] : and the sons of ‘Otni’el [Lion of God] ; Hatat [fearful] .

14And M’onotai [my habitations] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Ofrah [Fawn] : and S’rayah [Yehovah is ruler] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , the father of the Gei-Kharashim [Valley of Craftsmen] ; for they were craftsmen.

15And the sons of Kalev [Dog] the son of Y’funeh [He Will Face] ; ‘Iru [watch] , Elah [an oak] , and Na’am [pleasantness] : and the sons of Elah [an oak] , even K’naz [Hunter] .

16And the sons of Yehallel’el [Godd is praised] ; Ziv [brightness] [Battlement (low wall around a roof; wall for defense)] , and Zifrah [battlement (low wall around a roof; wall for defense)] , Tirya [fear] , and Asar’el [God holds] .

17And the sons of ‘[were] , Yeter [abundance] , and Mered [rebellion] , and ‘Efer [a calf] , and Yalon [Yehovah lodges] : and she bore Miryam [rebellion] , and Shamai [desolate] , and Yishbach [he will praise] the father of Esht’moa [I will make myself heard] .

18And his wife Jewish wife bore Yered [descent] the father of G’dor [Wall] , and Hever [Comrade] the father of Sokho [bushy] , and Y’kut’el [cleansing of God] the father of Zanoach [Cast Off] . And these [are] the sons of Bit’yah [daughter of Yehovah] the daughter of Par’oh [Pharaoh - Great House] , which Mered [rebellion] took.

19And the sons of [his] wife Hodiyah [majesty of Yehovah] the sister of Nacham [comfort] , the father of Ke’ilah [Fortress] the Garmi [bony] , and Esht’moa [I will make myself heard] the Ma’akhati [pressure (literally, she has pressed)] .

20And the sons of Shimon [were] , Amnon [faithful] , and Rinah [shout] , Ban-Hanan [son of favour] , and Tilon [gift] . And the sons of Yish’i [He saves me] [were] , Zochet [releasing] , and Ben-Zochet [son of (meaning disputed)] .

21The sons of Shelah [A Petition] the son of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] [were] , ‘Er [awake] the father of Lekha [journey] , and La’adah [order] the father of Mareshah [Crest of a Hill] , and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the Beit-Ashbea [house of I shall make to swear] ,

22And Yokim [Yehovah raises up] , and the men of Kozeva [falsehood] , and Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] , and Saraf [to burn] , who had the dominion in Mo’av [Seed of my Father] , and Yashuvi-Lechem [returner of bread] . And [these are] ancient things.

23These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

24The sons of Shim’on [he who hears] [were] , N’mu’el [Day of God] , and Yamin [Right Hand] , Yariv [he contends] , Zerach [Rising] , [and] Sha’ul [Desired] :

25Shalum [retribution] his son, Mivsam [sweet odour] his son, Mishma [a hearing] his son.

26And the sons of Mishma [a hearing] ; Hamu’el [heat of God] his son, Zakur [mindful] his son, Shime’i [Fame] his son.

27And Shime’i [Fame] had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] .

28And they dwelt at Be’er-sheva [Well of the sevenfold Oath] , and Moladah [Birth or Race] , and Hatzar-Shu’al [Jackal Village] ,

29And at Bilhah [troubled] , and at ‘Etzem [bone] , and at Tolad [generation] ,

30And at B’tu’el [God destroys] , and at Hormah [Asylum] , and at Ziklag [Winding] ,

31And at Beit-Markavot [Houseof the Chariots] , and Hatzar-Susim [village of horses] , and at Beit-Bir’i [house of a creative one] , and at Sha’arayim [double gate] . These [were] their cities unto the reign of David [beloved] .

32And their villages [were] , ‘Eitam [Lair of Wild Beasts] , and ‘Ayin [Spring] , Rimmon [Pomegranate] , and Tokhen [measurement] , and ‘Ashan [Smoke] , five cities:

33And all their villages that [were] round about the same cities, unto Ba’al [lord (a false god)] . These [were] their habitations, and their genealogy.

34And Meshovav [restored, or backsliding] , and Yamlekh [He will reign] , and Yoshah [Yehovah makes equal] the son of Amatzyah [Yehovah is mighty] ,

35And Yo’el [Yehovah is God] , and Yehu [Yehovah is He] the son of Yoshivyah [Yehovah causes to drell] , the son of S’rayah [Yehovah is ruler] , the son of ‘Asi’el [made by God] ,

36And Elyo’eina [unto Yehovah are my eyes] , and Ya’akovah [toward Jacob (heal of God)] , and Y’shochayah [Yehovah humbles] , and ‘Asayah [made by Yehovah] , and ‘Adi’el [ornament of God] , and Y’simi’el [God will place] , and B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] ,

37And Ziza the son of Shif’i [abundant] , the son of Alon [oak] , the son of Y’da’yah [Yehovah has known] , the son of Shimri [vigilant] , the son of Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] ;

38These mentioned by [their] names [were] princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

39And they went to the entrance of G’dor [Wall] , [even] unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land [was] wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for [they] of Ham [hot] had dwelt there of old.

41And these written by name came in the days of Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] , and struck their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because [there was] pasture there for their flocks.

42And [some] of them, [even] of the sons of Shim’on [he who hears] , five hundred men, went to mount Se’ir [Shaggy] , having for their captains P’latyahu [Yehovah delivers] , and Ne’aryah [servant of Yehovah] , and Refayah [healed of Yehovah] , and Uzziel [My Strength is God] , the sons of Yish’i [He saves me] .

43And they struck the rest of the ‘Amalekim [Dwellers in a Valley] that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

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