The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 7:17 Explained

1 Chronicles 7:17

KJV: And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

YLT: And son of Ulam: Bedan. These are sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.

Darby: And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

ASV: And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Ulam;  Bedan.  These [were] the sons  of Gilead,  the son  of Machir,  the son  of Manasseh. 

What does 1 Chronicles 7:17 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 7:17 mean?

And the son of Ulam [was] Bedan These [were] the descendants of Gilead son of Machir the son of Manasseh
וּבְנֵ֥י אוּלָ֖ם בְּדָ֑ן אֵ֚לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד בֶּן־ מָכִ֖יר בֶּן־ מְנַשֶּֽׁה

וּבְנֵ֥י  And  the  son 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אוּלָ֖ם  of  Ulam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אוּלָם  
Sense: a Manassite.
בְּדָ֑ן  [was]  Bedan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּדָן  
Sense: a judge who followed Gideon.
אֵ֚לֶּה  These  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
בְּנֵ֣י  the  descendants 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
גִלְעָ֔ד  of  Gilead 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּלְעָד  
Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
מָכִ֖יר  of  Machir 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָכִיר  
Sense: eldest son of Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine and progenitor of a large family.
בֶּן־  the  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
מְנַשֶּֽׁה  of  Manasseh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְנַשֶּׁה  
Sense: the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh.

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