1 Chronicles 2:54

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

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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%)

שלמא שַׂלְמָ֗א

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שלמא

Salmâʼ

Definition

Salma, the name of two Israelites

Root

probably for H8008 (שלמה); clothing;

Exhaustive

probably for שלמה; clothing; Salma, the name of two Israelites; Salma.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8007

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שַׁלְמָא

noun proper masculine • Root שלם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1438

Proper name masculine (strength, firmness).

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: σαλωμων σαλμων

LXX Usage Statistics

H8007:

σαλωμων 2× (54.1%)

σαλμων 2× (45.9%)

בית בֵּית

house

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית לחם

Bêyth Lechem

Definition

Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

Root

from H1004 (בית) and H3899 (לחם); house of bread;

Exhaustive

from בית and לחם; house of bread; Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine; Bethlehem.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1035

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לֶ֫חֶם

noun • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Food, victuals, household food, sustenance; a meal. Specially bread, a loaf. Less commonly, the juice or sap of a tree, or used in place names to mean 'fight'.

Matched via consonantal key only

לֶ֫חֶם

noun masculine • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Flesh, body; properly, the full, swelling, dense part.

Matched via consonantal key only

לְחֶם

comm. • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Aramaic word for common food, a feast, a table.

Matched via consonantal key only

לֵחֹם

noun • Root לח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 797

Juice (referred to shorter word לַח).

Matched via consonantal key only

לֶחֶם

common noun • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

Food for men or animals; hence applied to manna, sacrificial food, fruits of the earth, bread-corn, grain, wheat, sustenance.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחֵם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

(Not used) Aramaic verb, same as the Hebrew לָחַם (to be thick, full).

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחֶם

participle • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

Properly a participle, carrying on war or strife; then war, or a siege.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחַם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

1. To take food, to eat, to consume. 2. Figuratively, to destroy, to fight, to war.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחַם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

(Not used) intransitive verb meaning to be thick, full, swelling, as in the fullness of the body or flesh.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בֵּית לֶחֶם

noun • Page 97

(house of bread) a village in the tribe of Judah, the birth-place of David. Mic. 5:1. Ruth 1:2. Comp. אֶפְרָתָה. Also a city in the tribe of Zebulun, Josh. 19:15. The gentile noun is בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי 1 Sam. 16:1, 18.

Noun proper name

LXX: βαιθλεεμ βηθλεεμ pἐν pεἰσ βαιθλαεμ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1035:

βαιθλεεμ 38× (33.5%)

βηθλεεμ 26× (24.1%)

pἐν 8× (7.3%)

pεἰσ 6× (6.2%)

βαιθλαεμ 5× (5.0%)

'' 4× (3.5%)

ἕωσ 2× (2.1%)

βηθλεεμίτην 2× (2.1%)

--- 2× (2.1%)

pἕωσ 2× (2.1%)

לחם לֶחֶם

bread loaf

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית לחם

Bêyth Lechem

Definition

Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

Root

from H1004 (בית) and H3899 (לחם); house of bread;

Exhaustive

from בית and לחם; house of bread; Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine; Bethlehem.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1035

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לֶ֫חֶם

noun • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Food, victuals, household food, sustenance; a meal. Specially bread, a loaf. Less commonly, the juice or sap of a tree, or used in place names to mean 'fight'.

Matched via consonantal key only

לֶ֫חֶם

noun masculine • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Flesh, body; properly, the full, swelling, dense part.

Matched via consonantal key only

לְחֶם

comm. • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Aramaic word for common food, a feast, a table.

Matched via consonantal key only

לֵחֹם

noun • Root לח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 797

Juice (referred to shorter word לַח).

Matched via consonantal key only

לֶחֶם

common noun • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

Food for men or animals; hence applied to manna, sacrificial food, fruits of the earth, bread-corn, grain, wheat, sustenance.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחֵם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

(Not used) Aramaic verb, same as the Hebrew לָחַם (to be thick, full).

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחֶם

participle • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

Properly a participle, carrying on war or strife; then war, or a siege.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחַם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

1. To take food, to eat, to consume. 2. Figuratively, to destroy, to fight, to war.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחַם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

(Not used) intransitive verb meaning to be thick, full, swelling, as in the fullness of the body or flesh.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בֵּית לֶחֶם

noun • Page 97

(house of bread) a village in the tribe of Judah, the birth-place of David. Mic. 5:1. Ruth 1:2. Comp. אֶפְרָתָה. Also a city in the tribe of Zebulun, Josh. 19:15. The gentile noun is בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי 1 Sam. 16:1, 18.

Noun proper name

LXX: βαιθλεεμ βηθλεεμ pἐν pεἰσ βαιθλαεμ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1035:

βαιθλεεμ 38× (33.5%)

βηθλεεμ 26× (24.1%)

pἐν 8× (7.3%)

pεἰσ 6× (6.2%)

βαιθλαεμ 5× (5.0%)

'' 4× (3.5%)

ἕωσ 2× (2.1%)

βηθλεεμίτην 2× (2.1%)

--- 2× (2.1%)

pἕωσ 2× (2.1%)

ונטופתי וּנְטוֹפָתִי

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

נטפה

Nᵉṭôphâh

Definition

Netophah, a place in Palestine

Root

from H5197 (נטף); distillation;

Exhaustive

from נטף; distillation; Netophah, a place in Palestine; Netophah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5199

נטפתי

Nᵉṭôphâthîy

Definition

a Netophathite, or inhabitant of Netophah

Root

patronymic from H5199 (נטפה);

Exhaustive

patronymic from נטפה; a Netophathite, or inhabitant of Netophah; Netophathite.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5200

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נְטֹפָה

noun proper • Root נטף • Strongs / High • Page 966

see נְטוּפָה.

Conjunction, Noun gentilic both singular absolute

LXX: νετωφατι νετωφα νετωφαθι

LXX Usage Statistics

H5199:

νετωφατι 3× (27.6%)

νετωφα 2× (20.4%)

νετωφαθι 2× (18.9%)

H5200:

No stats available

עטרות עַטְרוֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עטרות בית יואב

ʻAṭrôwth bêyth Yôwʼâb

Definition

Atroth-beth-Joab, a place in Palestine

Root

from the same as H5852 (עטרות) and H1004 (בית) and H3097 (יואב); crowns of the house of Joab;

Exhaustive

from the same as עטרות and בית and יואב; crowns of the house of Joab; Atroth-beth-Joab, a place in Palestine; Ataroth the house of Joab.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5854

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בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H5854:

No stats available

בית בֵּית

house

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עטרות בית יואב

ʻAṭrôwth bêyth Yôwʼâb

Definition

Atroth-beth-Joab, a place in Palestine

Root

from the same as H5852 (עטרות) and H1004 (בית) and H3097 (יואב); crowns of the house of Joab;

Exhaustive

from the same as עטרות and בית and יואב; crowns of the house of Joab; Atroth-beth-Joab, a place in Palestine; Ataroth the house of Joab.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5854

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בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H5854:

No stats available

יואב יוֹאָב

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עטרות בית יואב

ʻAṭrôwth bêyth Yôwʼâb

Definition

Atroth-beth-Joab, a place in Palestine

Root

from the same as H5852 (עטרות) and H1004 (בית) and H3097 (יואב); crowns of the house of Joab;

Exhaustive

from the same as עטרות and בית and יואב; crowns of the house of Joab; Atroth-beth-Joab, a place in Palestine; Ataroth the house of Joab.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5854

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בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H5854:

No stats available

וחצי וַחֲצִי

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

חצי

chêtsîy

Definition

the half or middle

Root

from H2673 (חצה)lemma חעה ayin, corrected to חצה;

Exhaustive

from חצהlemma חעה ayin, corrected to חצה; the half or middle; half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2677

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חֵצִי

m. pl. • Root חצץ • Strongs / High • Page 517

m. pl. for חֲצָרִים 1 Sam. 20, 36-38.

חֵצִי

noun masculine • Root חצה • Strongs / High • Page 517

(in pause חָצִי, with suff. חֶצְיוֹ, חֶצְיְכֶם) m. the half, half part (of a thing divided into two halves); to divide into two parts; the middle.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֵצִי

m. verbal • Root חצה • Page 243

1. middle, midst (Judg. 16:3). 2. half (Ex. 24:6, 2 Sam. 18:3). 3. i.q. חֵץ an arrow (1 Sam. 20:36, 37, 38, 2 K. 9:24). m. verbal from חָצָה.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ἥμισυ ἡμίσουσ ἡμίσει '' ἡμίσεισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2677:

ἥμισυ 54× (42.6%)

ἡμίσουσ 26× (21.1%)

ἡμίσει 15× (10.9%)

'' 13× (10.8%)

ἡμίσεισ 4× (3.0%)

--- 2× (1.9%)

[d] 2× (1.7%)

המנחתי הַמָּנַחְתּי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מנחת

Mânachath

Definition

Manachath, the name of an Edomite and of a place in Moab

Root

from H5117 (נוח); rest;

Exhaustive

from נוח; rest; Manachath, the name of an Edomite and of a place in Moab; Manahath.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4506

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נְחַת

verb (aramaic) • Root נחת • Consonantal / Low • Page 964

Aramaic verb: to come down. Af. (אַחֵת and הֵחֵת) to bring down, lead down, deposit, lay up. Hof. (הָחַת) to be deposed.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נַחַת

noun • Root נחת • Consonantal / Low • Page 964

1. a descent, the coming down, going down, setting down. 2. (lowness) a proper name, masculine. 3. (feminine) rest, ease, inactivity, repose.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

נָחַת

verb • Root נחת • Consonantal / Low • Page 964

To come down, lie down, bow oneself down, sink down, press upon, seize or lay hold of. Nif. to sink or press into. Pih. to bend, press down, stretch a bow, water down or level. Hif. to lead down, cause to come down.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Particle definite article, Noun gentilic both singular absolute

LXX: μαναχαθ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4506a:

μαναχαθ 2× (39.4%)

הצרעי הַצָּרְעִי׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

צרעי

Tsorʻîy

Definition

a Tsorite or Tsorathite, i.e. inhabitants of Tsorah

Root

or צרעתי; patrial from H6881 (צרעה);

Exhaustive

or צרעתי; patrial from צרעה; a Tsorite or Tsorathite, i.e. inhabitants of Tsorah; Zorites, Zareathites, Zorathites.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6882

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צָרַע

verb • Consonantal / Low • Page 1250

I. (In Kal only part. pass. צָרוּעַ) To sting, of wasps, hornets; to eat in, of stains/mould/injury (leprosy); to push, to strike, to plague (cognate in sense נָגַע); hence צָרוּעַ is properly one struck, then generally a leper. Leprosy was considered a punishment from God.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

צָרַע

verb intransitive • Root צרע • Consonantal / Low • Page 1250

II. (Unused) Intransitive verb: to be prominent, to stand out, of the breasts; to project, of a district.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

צָרַע (Pih.)

verb piel • Root צרע • Consonantal / Low • Page 1250

(Not used) the same.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

צָרַע (Puh.)

verb • Root צרע • Consonantal / Low • Page 1250

(Only part. m. מְצֹרָע, f. מְצֹרַעַת) Prop. to be scourged, smitten, by God; hence to be leprous.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

Particle definite article, Noun gentilic both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H6882:

No stats available

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The sons of Salma: the house of bread, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55And the families of the scribes dwelling at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Shuchathites. These the Kenites coming from Hemath, the father of the house of the chariot.

LITV Translation:
The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab; and half the Manahethites; the Zorites.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, the Netophathite, Ataroth of the house of Joab, and half of the family of Manahath, Esari.