The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 4:1 Explained

1 Chronicles 4:1

KJV: The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

YLT: Sons of Judah: Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

Darby: The sons of Judah: Pherez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

ASV: The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The sons  of Judah;  Pharez,  Hezron,  and Carmi,  and Hur,  and Shobal. 

What does 1 Chronicles 4:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 4

1  The posterity of Judah by Caleb, the son of Hur
5  Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron
9  Of Jabez, and his prayer
11  The other families of the same stock
21  The sons of Shelah
24  The posterity and cities of Simeon
39  Their conquest of Gedor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 4:1 mean?

The sons of Judah [were] Perez Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal
בְּנֵ֖י יְהוּדָ֑ה פֶּ֧רֶץ חֶצְר֛וֹן וְכַרְמִ֖י וְח֥וּר וְשׁוֹבָֽל

בְּנֵ֖י  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְהוּדָ֑ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
פֶּ֧רֶץ  [were]  Perez 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: פֶּרֶץ  
Sense: twin son with Zarah of Judah by Tamar and ancestor of two families of Judah, the Hezronites and Hamulites; from the Hezronites came the royal line of David and Christ.
חֶצְר֛וֹן  Hezron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶצְרֹון 
Sense: a son of Reuben.
וְכַרְמִ֖י  and  Carmi 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כַּרְמִי  
Sense: the 4th son of Reuben and progenitor of the Carmites.
וְח֥וּר  and  Hur 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חוּר  
Sense: a chief assistant to Moses and Aaron.
וְשׁוֹבָֽל  and  Shobal 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁובָל  
Sense: the 2nd son of Seir the Horite (Edom) and one of the dukes of the Horites.