The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 1:29 Explained

1 Chronicles 1:29

KJV: These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

YLT: These are their generations: first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adheel, and Mibsam,

Darby: These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam;

ASV: These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These [are] their generations:  The firstborn  of Ishmael,  Nebaioth;  then Kedar,  and Adbeel,  and Mibsam, 

What does 1 Chronicles 1:29 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 1

1  Adam's line to Noah
5  The sons of Japheth
8  The sons of Ham
17  The sons of Shem
24  Shem's line to Abraham
29  Ishmael's sons
32  The sons of Keturah
34  The posterity of Abraham by Esau
38  The sons of Seir
43  The kings of Edom
51  The dukes of Edom

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 1:29 mean?

These [are] their genealogies the firstborn of Ishmael [was] Nebajoth then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
אֵ֖לֶּה תֹּלְדוֹתָ֑ם בְּכ֤וֹר יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ נְבָי֔וֹת וְקֵדָ֥ר וְאַדְבְּאֵ֖ל וּמִבְשָֽׂם

אֵ֖לֶּה  These  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
תֹּלְדוֹתָ֑ם  their  genealogies 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: תֹּולֵדֹות  
Sense: descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies.
בְּכ֤וֹר  the  firstborn 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בְּכֹר  
Sense: firstborn, firstling.
יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙  of  Ishmael 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׁמָעֵאל  
Sense: son of Abraham and Sarah’s handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples.
נְבָי֔וֹת  [was]  Nebajoth 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נְבָיׄות  
Sense: a son of Ishmael.
וְקֵדָ֥ר  then  Kedar 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֵדָר  
Sense: a son of Ishmael.
וְאַדְבְּאֵ֖ל  and  Adbeel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַדְבְּאֵל  
Sense: third son of Ishmael and grandson of Abraham.
וּמִבְשָֽׂם  and  Mibsam 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִבְשָׂם  
Sense: a son of Ishmael.