1 Chronicles 1:8

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

בני בְּנֵי

sons/my son

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בן

bên

Definition

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

Root

from H1129 (בנה);

Exhaustive

from בנה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1121

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בֵּן

masc. noun • Root בין • Strongs / High • Page 253

1. A child, begotten, born, often without distinction of sex (frequently pluralized as children). 2. Specifically, a son, a male child (opposite daughter). 3. Used metaphorically to denote personal characteristics (virtuous or vicious personality, heir of virtue/vice) or objects (e.g., young animals, plants, or inanimate objects). 4. A grandson; also used as boy, youth, prince, heir to the throne.

Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: υἱοὶ υἱὸσ υἱῶν υἱοῦ υἱοῖσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1121a:

υἱοὶ 1075× (22.0%)

υἱὸσ 753× (16.8%)

υἱῶν 607× (12.2%)

υἱοῦ 368× (8.1%)

υἱοῖσ 329× (6.1%)

υἱοὺσ 292× (5.7%)

υἱὸν 213× (4.6%)

--- 116× (2.6%)

υἱὲ 96× (2.2%)

'' 84× (1.6%)

חם חָם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חם

Châm

Definition

Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country

Root

the same as H2525 (חם); hot (from the tropical habitat);

Exhaustive

the same as חם; hot (from the tropical habitat); Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country; Ham.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2526

אמי

ʼÂmîy

Definition

Ami, an Israelite

Root

an abbreviated form for H526 (אמון);

Exhaustive

an abbreviated form for אמון; Ami, an Israelite; Ami.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H532

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָם

masculine noun • Root חמה • Strongs / High • Page 495

I. One related by marriage, therefore a father-in-law.

חָם

adjective / masculine • Root חמם • Strongs / High • Page 495

II. Warm.

חָם

proper noun • Root חמם • Strongs / High • Page 495

III. Proper name of Ham, the youngest son of Noah; also a general name for peoples descended from Ham, particularly the Egyptians.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָם

verb • Root חמם • Page 233

III. hot, warm. Josh. 9: 12.

חָם

m. prim. irreg. • Page 233

I. a father-in-law. Gen. 38: 13, 25.

חָם

a proper name • Page 233

II. 1. Ham, son of Noah (Gen. 10: 6); 2. a poetical name for Egypt (Ps. 78: 51, 105: 23).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: χαμ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2526:

χαμ 16× (100.0%)

Ham_§Ham@Gen.5.32:

No stats available

כוש כּוּשׁ

Blackened ("Cush")

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כוש

Kûwsh

Definition

Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite

Root

probably of foreign origin;

Exhaustive

probably of foreign origin; Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite; Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3568

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כּוּשׁ

root • Strongs / High • Page 686

A root word related to being heated or glowing. The organic root is identified as כּוּר.

כּוּשׁ

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 686

(contracted from כָּוֶשׁ, from כבשׁ II.). n. p. of the oldest son of Ham; the head of the great Ethiopian race.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כּוּשׁ

noun feminine • Page 312

Ethiopia, in the widest sense, including the southern part of Arabia and the original seat of the Ethiopians. Mentioned in Gen. 10:7, 8; Num. 12:1; 2 Chr. 14:8; 21:16; Hab. 3:7; Jer. 13:23; Is. 18:1; Zeph. 3:10; Job 28:19; Am. 9:7; Jer. 38:7, 10, 12; 39:16; Gen 2:13.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: αἰθιόπων χουσι χουσ αἰθιοπίασ αἰθίοπεσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3568a:

αἰθιόπων 9× (17.2%)

χουσι 9× (15.8%)

χουσ 6× (11.4%)

αἰθιοπίασ 6× (11.1%)

αἰθίοπεσ 6× (10.5%)

αἰθίοψ 3× (5.3%)

αἰθιοπία 2× (3.6%)

αἰθίοπασ 2× (3.3%)

αἰθιοπίαν 2× (3.3%)

αἰθίοψιν 2× (3.0%)

ומצרים וּמִצְרַיִם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מצרים

Mitsrayim

Definition

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

Root

dual of H4693 (מצור);

Exhaustive

dual of מצור; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4714

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִצְרַיִם

dual proper noun • Root מצר • Strongs / High • Page 897

1. A son of Ham, then the name of the race of the Egyptians descended from him; collectively the Egyptians. 2. The land of Egypt, often denoting both upper and lower Egypt. The dual form is thought to refer to the two parts of the country.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִצְרַיִם

fem. dual • Page 400

Egypt, the name of a country. Construed with a verb in the singular, Hos. 9:6. The gentile noun is מִצְרִי, plur. מִצְרִים, an Egyptian; fem. מִצְרִית an Egyptian woman.

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: αἰγύπτου αἰγύπτῳ αἴγυπτον αἰγυπτίων pεἰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4714:

αἰγύπτου 328× (45.8%)

αἰγύπτῳ 101× (13.6%)

αἴγυπτον 79× (10.3%)

αἰγυπτίων 26× (3.3%)

pεἰσ 22× (3.2%)

αἰγύπτιοι 20× (2.4%)

αἰγύπτιοι 15× (1.9%)

αἰγυπτίοισ 14× (1.7%)

'' 14× (1.7%)

αἰγυπτίουσ 12× (1.5%)

פוט פּוּט

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

פוט

Pûwṭ

Definition

Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian tribe

Root

of foreign origin;

Exhaustive

of foreign origin; Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian tribe; Phut, Put.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6316

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פּוּט

verb intransitive • Strongs / High • Page 1157

(not used) intrans. according to the Syr. to push away, to despise; or to shine, to glitter, to lighten.

פּוּט

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1157

n. p. of a son of Ham, and the name of a Hamite people of antiquity. Distinguished as warlike auxiliary troops of Egypt.

פּוּט

noun proper • Root פוט • Strongs / High • Page 1158

Proper name for African mercenaries/race and region (Libya), meaning 'people of the bow' (from Coptic). Sense 2: (from יָפַע light, splendour, only in the proper name).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פּוּט

proper name • Page 538

An African people, identified by Josephus as inhabitants of Mauritania, by others as Libyans (Gen. 10:6, Jer. 46:9, Ezek. 27:10).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: λίβυεσ φουδ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6316:

λίβυεσ 4× (54.4%)

φουδ 2× (32.0%)

וכנען וּכְנָעַן׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

כנען

Kᵉnaʻan

Definition

Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him

Root

from H3665 (כנע); humiliated;

Exhaustive

from כנע; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him; Canaan, merchant, traffick.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3667

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כְּנַעַן

proper name / masculine • Root כנע • Strongs / High • Page 712

Proper name of Ham's fourth and youngest son, progenitor of many peoples. The name is associated with subjection or low, flat country.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כְּנַעַן

m. proper name • Page 321

1. Canaan, son of Ham, and progenitor of the Canaanites. Gen. 9: 18 ff. 2. the country or people of Canaan, including Palestine and Phenicia. Num. 33: 51. 3. i.q. כְּנַעַן אִישׁ a Canaanite or merchant. Hos. 12: 8; Is. 23: 8.

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: χανααν χαναναίων ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H3667a:

χανααν 78× (87.3%)

χαναναίων 4× (3.8%)

--- 3× (3.4%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

LITV Translation:
The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the sons of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim, Put and Canaan.