The Meaning of Numbers 26:21 Explained

Numbers 26:21

KJV: And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

YLT: and sons of Pharez are: of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Hamul the family of the Hamulite.

Darby: And the sons of Pherez: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

ASV: And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Pharez  were; of Hezron,  the family  of the Hezronites:  of Hamul,  the family  of the Hamulites. 

What does Numbers 26:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 26

1  The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab
52  The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land
57  The families and number of the Levites
63  None but Caleb and Joshua was left of those who were numbered at Sinai

What do the individual words in Numbers 26:21 mean?

And were the sons of Perez [of] Hezron the family of the Hezronites [of] Hamul of the Hamulites
וַיִּהְי֣וּ בְנֵי־ פֶ֔רֶץ לְחֶצְרֹ֕ן מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַֽחֶצְרֹנִ֑י לְחָמ֕וּל הֶחָמוּלִֽי

וַיִּהְי֣וּ  And  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
פֶ֔רֶץ  of  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.
לְחֶצְרֹ֕ן  [of]  Hezron 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶצְרֹון 
Sense: a son of Reuben.
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת  the  family 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַֽחֶצְרֹנִ֑י  of  the  Hezronites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶצְרֹונִי  
Sense: a descendant of Hezron.
לְחָמ֕וּל  [of]  Hamul 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָמוּל  
Sense: the younger son of Pharez, Judah’s son by Tamar.
הֶחָמוּלִֽי  of  the  Hamulites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָמוּלִי  
Sense: descendants of Hamul, grandson of Judah by Tamar.

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