The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 2:3 Explained

1 Chronicles 2:3

KJV: The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

YLT: Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death.

Darby: The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.

ASV: The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The sons  of Judah;  Er,  and Onan,  and Shelah:  [which] three  were born  unto him of the daughter  of Shua  the Canaanitess.  And Er,  the firstborn  of Judah,  was evil  in the sight  of the LORD;  and he slew  him. 

What does 1 Chronicles 2:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 2

1  The sons of Israel
3  The posterity of Judah by Tamar
13  The children of Jesse
18  The posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron
21  Hezron's posterity by the daughter of Machir
25  Jerahmeel's posterity
34  Sheshan's posterity
42  Another branch of Caleb's posterity
50  The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 2:3 mean?

The sons of Judah [were] Er and Onan and Shelah [These] three were born to him of the daughter by Bathshua the Canaanitess And was Er the firstborn of Judah wicked in the sight of Yahweh so He killed him -
בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה עֵ֤ר וְאוֹנָן֙ וְשֵׁלָ֔ה שְׁלוֹשָׁה֙ נ֣וֹלַד ל֔וֹ מִבַּת־ שׁ֖וּעַ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑ית וַיְהִ֞י עֵ֣ר ׀ בְּכ֣וֹר יְהוּדָ֗ה רַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה וַיְמִיתֵֽהוּ ס

בְּנֵ֣י  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְהוּדָ֗ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
עֵ֤ר  [were]  Er 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵר  
Sense: the eldest son of Judah.
וְאוֹנָן֙  and  Onan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹונָן  
Sense: second son of Judah, slain by God for not fulfilling the levitical requirement to beget a child with the wife of a dead, childless brother.
וְשֵׁלָ֔ה  and  Shelah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁלָה 
Sense: the youngest son of Judah slain by God for refusing to obey the law for levirate marriage with Tamar.
שְׁלוֹשָׁה֙  [These]  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
נ֣וֹלַד  were  born 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
ל֔וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
מִבַּת־  of  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
שׁ֖וּעַ  by  Bathshua 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שׁוּעָא  
Sense: an Asheritess, daughter of Heber and sister to Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham.
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑ית  the  Canaanitess 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: כִּנְעָן 
Sense: descendant of inhabitant of Canaan n.
וַיְהִ֞י  And  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
עֵ֣ר ׀  Er 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵר  
Sense: the eldest son of Judah.
בְּכ֣וֹר  the  firstborn 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בְּכֹר  
Sense: firstborn, firstling.
יְהוּדָ֗ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
רַ֛ע  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
בְּעֵינֵ֥י  in  the  sight 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cdc
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
יְהוָ֖ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
וַיְמִיתֵֽהוּ  so  He  killed  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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