The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 3:19 Explained

1 Chronicles 3:19

KJV: And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:

YLT: And sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister,

Darby: And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister,

ASV: And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Pedaiah  [were], Zerubbabel,  and Shimei:  and the sons  of Zerubbabel;  Meshullam,  and Hananiah,  and Shelomith  their sister: 

What does 1 Chronicles 3:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 3

1  The sons of David
10  His line to Zedekiah
17  The successors of Jeconiah

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 3:19 mean?

And the sons of Pedaiah [were] Zerubbabel and Shimei And the sons of Zerubbabel [were] Meshullam and Hananiah and Shelomith their sister
וּבְנֵ֣י פְדָיָ֔ה זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל וְשִׁמְעִ֑י וּבֶן־ זְרֻבָּבֶל֙ מְשֻׁלָּ֣ם וַחֲנַנְיָ֔ה וּשְׁלֹמִ֖ית אֲחוֹתָֽם

וּבְנֵ֣י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
פְדָיָ֔ה  of  Pedaiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פְּדָיָה 
Sense: father of Zebudah, the wife of king Josiah and the mother of king Jehoiakim both of Judah.
זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל  [were]  Zerubbabel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: זְרֻבָּבֶל  
Sense: the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon.
וְשִׁמְעִ֑י  and  Shimei 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁמְעִי  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David.
וּבֶן־  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
זְרֻבָּבֶל֙  of  Zerubbabel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: זְרֻבָּבֶל  
Sense: the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon.
מְשֻׁלָּ֣ם  [were]  Meshullam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְשֻׁלָּם  
Sense: grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe. 2 son of Zerubbabel. 3 a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal. 4 a Benjamite, father of Sallu. 5 a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity. 6 a Benjamite. 6a perhaps the same as 3 or 4. 7 a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah. 8 son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. 9 son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem. 0 a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah.
וַחֲנַנְיָ֔ה  and  Hananiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֲנַנְיָה 
Sense: the godly friend of Daniel whom Nebuchadnezzar renamed Shadrach; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king’s table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord.
וּשְׁלֹמִ֖ית  and  Shelomith 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁלֹמִית 
Sense: a Gershonite Levite, son of Zichri in the time of David.
אֲחוֹתָֽם  their  sister 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.