The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 2:6 Explained

1 Chronicles 2:6

KJV: And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

YLT: And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five.

Darby: And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

ASV: And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Zerah;  Zimri,  and Ethan,  and Heman,  and Calcol,  and Dara:  five  of them in all. 

What does 1 Chronicles 2:6 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 2:6 mean?

And the sons of Zerah [were] Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara of them in all five -
וּבְנֵ֣י זֶ֗רַח זִ֠מְרִי וְאֵיתָ֧ן וְהֵימָ֛ן וְכַלְכֹּ֥ל וָדָ֖רַע כֻּלָּ֥ם חֲמִשָּֽׁה ס

וּבְנֵ֣י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
זֶ֗רַח  of  Zerah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶרַח  
Sense: a son of Reuel and grandson of Esau, one of the dukes of the Edomites.
זִ֠מְרִי  [were]  Zimri 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זִמְרִי 
Sense: the son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi.
וְאֵיתָ֧ן  and  Ethan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵיתָן  
Sense: an Ezrahite known for his wisdom.
וְהֵימָ֛ן  and  Heman 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֵימָן  
Sense: a wise man to whom Solomon was compared.
וְכַלְכֹּ֥ל  and  Calcol 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כַּלְכֹּל  
Sense: son or descendant of Zerah of Judah and one of the wise men with whom Solomon was compared.
וָדָ֖רַע  and  Dara 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּרַע  
Sense: a son of Zerah.
כֻּלָּ֥ם  of  them  in  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
חֲמִשָּֽׁה  five 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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