The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 1:7 Explained

1 Chronicles 1:7

KJV: And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

YLT: And sons of Javan: Elisha, and Tarshishah, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Darby: And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.

ASV: And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Javan;  Elishah,  and Tarshish,  Kittim,  and Dodanim. 

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

And the sons of Javan [were] Elishah and Tarshish Kittim and Rodanim -
וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה כִּתִּ֖ים וְרוֹדָנִֽים ס

וּבְנֵ֥י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יָוָ֖ן  of  Javan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָוָן  
Sense: a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah.
אֱלִישָׁ֣ה  [were]  Elishah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִישָׁה  
Sense: descendant of Noah, son of Javan; perhaps ancestor of the Aeolians.
וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה  and  Tarshish 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: תַּרְשִׁישׁ 
Sense: son of Javan. 2 a Benjamite, son of Bilhan. 3 one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia. 4 a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee.
כִּתִּ֖ים  Kittim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כִּתִּיִּים  
Sense: a general term for all islanders of the Mediterranean Sea.
וְרוֹדָנִֽים  and  Rodanim 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֹּדָנִים 
Sense: sons or descendants of Javan.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation