The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 5:15 Explained

1 Chronicles 5:15

KJV: Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

YLT: Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, is head of the house of their fathers;

Darby: Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of their fathers' house.

ASV: Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers houses.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ahi  the son  of Abdiel,  the son  of Guni,  chief  of the house  of their fathers. 

What does 1 Chronicles 5:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 5

1  Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright
3  Ruben's descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites
11  The chief men of Gad, and their habitations
18  Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasseh, obtain a victory over the Hagarites
23  The habitations and chief men of that half of Manasseh
25  The captivity of the two tribes and half, for their sins

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 5:15 mean?

Ahi son of Abdiel the son of Guni [was] chief of house of their father
אֲחִי֙ בֶּן־ עַבְדִּיאֵ֣ל בֶּן־ גּוּנִ֔י רֹ֖אשׁ לְבֵ֥ית אֲבוֹתָֽם

אֲחִי֙  Ahi 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲחִי  
Sense: a head of the families of Gad.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַבְדִּיאֵ֣ל  of  Abdiel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַבְדִּיאֵל  
Sense: a Gadite, son of Guni and father of Ahi and one who settled in the land of Bashan in the time of king Jotham of Judah.
בֶּן־  the  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
גּוּנִ֔י  of  Guni 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גּוּנִי  
Sense: a son of Naphtali and founder of the family of Gunites.
רֹ֖אשׁ  [was]  chief 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
לְבֵ֥ית  of  house 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֲבוֹתָֽם  of  their  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.

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