The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 7:15 Explained

1 Chronicles 7:15

KJV: And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

YLT: And Machir took wives for Huppim and for Shuppim, and the name of the one is Maachah, and the name of the second Zelophehad, and Zelophehad hath daughters.

Darby: And Machir took a wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maachah. And the name of the second son was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

ASV: and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Machir  took  to wife  [the sister] of Huppim  and Shuppim,  whose sister's  name  [was] Maachah;  ) and the name  of the second  [was] Zelophehad:  and Zelophehad  had daughters. 

What does 1 Chronicles 7:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 7

1  The sons of Issachar;
6  of Benjamin;
13  of Naphtali;
14  of Manasseh;
15  and of Ephraim
21  The calamity of Ephraim by the men of Gath
23  His posterity by Beriah
28  Their habitations
30  The sons of Asher

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 7:15 mean?

And Machir took as his wife [the sister] of Huppim and Shuppim and name whose [was] Maacah and the name of the second [was] Zelophehad but begat Zelophehad [only] daughters
וּמָכִ֞יר לָקַ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ לְחֻפִּ֣ים וּלְשֻׁפִּ֔ים וְשֵׁ֤ם אֲחֹתוֹ֙ מַעֲכָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖י צְלָפְחָ֑ד וַתִּהְיֶ֥נָה לִצְלָפְחָ֖ד בָּנֽוֹת

וּמָכִ֞יר  And  Machir 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָכִיר  
Sense: eldest son of Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine and progenitor of a large family.
לָקַ֤ח  took 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
אִשָּׁה֙  as  his  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
לְחֻפִּ֣ים  [the  sister]  of  Huppim 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֻפִּים  
Sense: the head of a Benjamite family.
וּלְשֻׁפִּ֔ים  and  Shuppim 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֻׁפִּים 
Sense: son of Iri or Ir, grandson of Bela, and great grandson of Benjamin.
וְשֵׁ֤ם  and  name 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
אֲחֹתוֹ֙  whose 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
מַעֲכָ֔ה  [was]  Maacah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַעֲכָה 
Sense: father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon’s reign.
וְשֵׁ֥ם  and  the  name 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
הַשֵּׁנִ֖י  of  the  second 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שֵׁנִי  
Sense: second.
צְלָפְחָ֑ד  [was]  Zelophehad 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צְלָפְחָד  
Sense: a Manassite, son of Hepher and grandson of Gilead; came out of Egypt with Moses and died in the wilderness leaving only five daughters as heirs; their right to the inheritance was confirmed by divine direction.
וַתִּהְיֶ֥נָה  but  begat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לִצְלָפְחָ֖ד  Zelophehad 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צְלָפְחָד  
Sense: a Manassite, son of Hepher and grandson of Gilead; came out of Egypt with Moses and died in the wilderness leaving only five daughters as heirs; their right to the inheritance was confirmed by divine direction.
בָּנֽוֹת  [only]  daughters 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.

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