The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 2:7 Explained

1 Chronicles 2:7

KJV: And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

YLT: And sons of Carmi: Achar, troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing.

Darby: And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.

ASV: And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Carmi;  Achar,  the troubler  of Israel,  who transgressed  in the thing accursed. 

What does 1 Chronicles 2:7 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 2:7 mean?

And the son of Carmi [was] Achar the troubler of Israel who transgressed in the accursed thing -
וּבְנֵ֖י כַּרְמִ֑י עָכָר֙ עוֹכֵ֣ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָעַ֖ל בַּחֵֽרֶם ס

וּבְנֵ֖י  And  the  son 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
כַּרְמִ֑י  of  Carmi 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כַּרְמִי  
Sense: the 4th son of Reuben and progenitor of the Carmites.
עָכָר֙  [was]  Achar 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָכָר  
Sense: a Judaite who violated God’s specific ban on taking any loot from the captured city of Jericho and was stoned to death along with his family for this violation.
עוֹכֵ֣ר  the  troubler 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָכַר  
Sense: to trouble, stir up, disturb, make (someone) taboo.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
מָעַ֖ל  transgressed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָעַל  
Sense: to act unfaithfully, act treacherously, transgress, commit a trespass.
בַּחֵֽרֶם  in  the  accursed  thing 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֵרֶם 
Sense: a thing devoted, thing dedicated, ban, devotion.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation