1 Chronicles 2:43

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ובני וּבְנֵי

and sons

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

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.

Conjunction, 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%)

חברון חֶבְרוֹן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חברון

Chebrôwn

Definition

Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites

Root

from H2267 (חבר); seat of association;

Exhaustive

from חבר; seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites; Hebron.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2275

בקר

bôqer

Definition

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

Root

from H1239 (בקר);

Exhaustive

from בקר; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning; ([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1242

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֶבְרוֹן

noun proper / noun proper masculine • Root חבר • Strongs / High • Page 455

1. A proper name of a very old Phenician city. 2. As a masculine proper name, meaning association or union, in the tribe of Levi and Judah.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֶבְרוֹן

proper name • Root חבר • Page 213

Proper name of an ancient city in the tribe of Judah. (Gen. 13:18; 14:13; 23:2; 2 Sam. 2:1; 5:5).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: χεβρων χεβρωνι pεἰσ πρωὶ πρωί πρωίθεν --- πρωίασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2275b:

χεβρων 67× (89.5%)

χεβρωνι 4× (5.0%)

pεἰσ 2× (3.0%)

Hebron_§Hebron@1Ch.2.42:

πρωὶ 113× (51.0%)

πρωί 54× (25.4%)

πρωίθεν 7× (3.2%)

--- 6× (3.1%)

πρωίασ 5× (2.3%)

πρωινὴν 3× (1.3%)

ὄρθρου 2× (1.0%)

πρωινὴ 2× (1.0%)

'' 2× (0.9%)

ἡμέραν 2× (0.9%)

קרח קֹרַח

Bald ("Korah")

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קרח

Qôrach

Definition

Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites

Root

from H7139 (קרח); ice;

Exhaustive

from קרח; ice; Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites; Korah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7141

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קֹרַח

noun proper masculine • Root קרח • Strongs / High • Page 1298

Korah (baldness, from Qāraḥ I.); name of a Levite and his family (Korahites).

קֹרַח

noun proper masculine / noun • Root קרח • Strongs / High • Page 1298

1. Baldness (from root קָרַח I). 2. Proper name (Korah), head of a Levitical family (the Korahites) to whom eleven psalms are ascribed.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קֹרַח

m. verbal • Root קרח • Page 596

1. i. q. קֶרַח no. 1. ice, or rather hail (Ps. 147: 17). 2. proper name (1.) of a son of Esau (Gen. 36: 5, 14). (2.) son of Eliphaz. (3.) a Levite who conspired against Moses (Ex. 6: 21. Num. 16: 1 ff).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: κορε

LXX Usage Statistics

H7141:

κορε 36× (97.2%)

ותפח וְתַפֻּחַ

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

תפוח

Tappûwach

Definition

Tappuach, the name of two places in Palestine, also of an Israelite

Root

the same as H8598 (תפוח);

Exhaustive

the same as תפוח; Tappuach, the name of two places in Palestine, also of an Israelite; Tappuah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8599

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

תַּפּוּחַ

noun masculine / noun proper • Root נפח נפק • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1526

1. an apple, an orange or apricot; commonly apple-tree. 2. (hill-place) proper name of a city in Judah and Ephraim. 3. (thick one) proper name masculine.

Matched via consonantal key only

תַּפּוּחַ

noun masculine • Root נפח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1526

properly a thing swelled up, heightened like a hill; hence applied to the ark of the covenant, the temple, Israel, honour.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

תַּפּוּחַ

noun masculine • Root נפח • Page 723

1. An apple. Refs: Cant. 7:9; Prov. 25:11. 2. An apple-tree. Refs: Cant. 2:3; 8:5. 3. Proper name of a city in the tribe of Judah. Refs: Josh. 12:17; 15:34. 4. A city on the bounds of Ephraim and Manasseh. Ref: Josh. 16:8.

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H8599a:

No stats available

ורקם וְרֶקֶם

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

רקם

Reqem

Definition

Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an Israelite

Root

from H7551 (רקם); versi-color;

Exhaustive

from רקם; versi-color; Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an Israelite; Rekem.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7552

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רֶ֫קֶם

noun proper • Consonantal / Low • Page 1358

Name of a city in Benjamin (either a variegated garden or a heap of stones).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

רָקַם

particle • Consonantal / Low • Page 1358

Prop. to pierce, and so to stitch, to embroider, to put in variegated figures, to variegate (the work of the embroiderer).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

רָקַם

verb • Root רקם • Consonantal / Low • Page 1359

(not used) intr. to be variegated, party-coloured. Arab. رَقَش the same.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

רֻקַּם

puh. • Consonantal / Low • Page 1358

To be formed or wrought, properly to be curiously shaped, of the embryo in the womb; Talm. רֶקֶם of the formation of the foetus.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ροκομ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7552:

ροκομ 2× (28.3%)

ושמע וָשָׁמַע׃

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

שמע

Shemaʻ

Definition

Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites

Root

for the same as H8088 (שמע);

Exhaustive

for the same as שמע; Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites; Shema.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8087

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שֶׁמַע

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1451

II. (Not used) intransitive properly, to shine, to be high, same as שָׁמָה II. Derivatives are proper names.

שֶׁמַע

noun m. • Root שמע • Strongs / High • Page 1451

The hearing; hearsay, report, knowledge, fame, account, announcement, prophecy, false account.

שֶׁמַע

noun m. • Strongs / High • Page 1451

In pause (שָׁמַע): 1. a clear, audible sound, clear-sounding cymbals. 2. (Fame, repute) proper name masculine.

שֶׁמַע

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1451

Proper name of a city in Judah (from שֶׁמַע II; height).

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: σαμα σεμαα

LXX Usage Statistics

H8087:

σαμα 2× (42.0%)

σεμαα 2× (38.6%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the sons of Hebron: Korah and Tappuah, and Rekem and Shema,

LITV Translation:
And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.