1 Chronicles 5:3

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%)

ראובן רְאוּבֵן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ראובן

Rᵉʼûwbên

Definition

Reuben, a son of Jacob

Root

from the imperative of H7200 (ראה) and H1121 (בן); see ye a son;

Exhaustive

from the imperative of ראה and בן; see ye a son; Reuben, a son of Jacob; Reuben.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7205

Fürst

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רְאוּבֵן

noun proper masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1309

Name of the oldest son of Jacob by Leah, and the tribe descended from him (meaning: see! a son, i. e. God has favoured me with a son, and looked upon my misery).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רְאוּבֵן

proper name • Page 602

Reuben, the proper name of the eldest son of Jacob, and progenitor of the tribe named from him. Etymology: 'see, a son!' Gen. 29:32.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ρουβην

LXX Usage Statistics

H7205:

ρουβην 69× (78.8%)

ρουβην 16× (15.7%)

בכור בְּכוֹר

in the hand

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בכור

bᵉkôwr

Definition

firstborn; hence, chief

Root

from H1069 (בכר);

Exhaustive

from בכר; firstborn; hence, chief; eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1060

Fürst

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בְּכוֹר

noun masculine • Root בכר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 243

prop. abstract, the being matured; concrete first birth i.e. the first born, particularly the male, but in Scripture only with reference to the first begotten of the father.

Matched via consonantal key only

בִּכּוּר

noun masculine • Root בכר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 243

1. firstlings (of fruits, grain) which were offered in the temple. 2. Same as בַּכּוּרָה the early fig, which ripens at the beginning of summer.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּכוֹר

noun masculine • Root בכר • Page 98

1. first-born, spoken of men and cattle (Ex. 11:5, 12:29). 2. figuratively, 'the first-born of the poor' (Is. 14:30), meaning the very poor; 'death's first-born' (Job 18:13), meaning a most awful death.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: πρωτότοκον πρωτότοκοσ πρωτοτόκου πρωτότοκα πρωτοτόκῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1060:

πρωτότοκον 32× (27.6%)

πρωτότοκοσ 28× (22.8%)

πρωτοτόκου 18× (15.4%)

πρωτότοκα 13× (9.7%)

πρωτοτόκῳ 8× (6.2%)

πρωτοτόκων 8× (5.9%)

πρωτότοκόσ 4× (3.4%)

'' 2× (1.5%)

ישראל יִשְׂרָאֵל

God-Contends

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ישראל

Yisrâʼêl

Definition

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Root

from H8280 (שרה) and H410 (אל); he will rule as God;

Exhaustive

from שרה and אל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3478

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יִשְׂרָאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root שרה • Strongs / High • Page 662

A proper name with multiple meanings: the patriarch Jacob; the Israelite people; an honorary title for the pious; the northern kingdom of Israel; the whole kingdom after the exile.

יִשְׂרָאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root ישר • Strongs / High • Page 662

A proper name, meaning 'El is a true, honest one.' Described as a ground-form to יְשַׂרְאֵלָה.

Noun proper name

LXX: ισραηλ '' --- ιακωβ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3478:

ισραηλ 2245× (92.9%)

'' 57× (2.1%)

--- 50× (2.2%)

ισραηλ 8× (0.3%)

ιακωβ 4× (0.2%)

t? 4× (0.1%)

ιερουσαλημ 4× (0.2%)

[b] 3× (0.1%)

ισραηλίτου 3× (0.1%)

ισραηλίτιδοσ 3× (0.1%)

חנוך חֲנוֹךְ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חנוך

Chănôwk

Definition

Chanok, an antediluvian patriach

Root

from H2596 (חנך); initiated;

Exhaustive

from חנך; initiated; Chanok, an antediluvian patriach; Enoch.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2585

Fürst

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חֲנוֹךְ

noun proper • Root חנך • Strongs / High • Page 503

Enoch, a proper name of: 1. the son of Cain. 2. the father of Methuselah. 3. a son of Reuben. 4. a son of Midian and therefore of a Midianite tribe.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֲנוֹךְ

m. proper name • Page 237

Initiated or initiating. 1. The son of Cain (Gen. 4:17). 2. The father of Methuselah, taken away on account of his piety (Gen. 5:18-24).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ενωχ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2585:

ενωχ 16× (94.6%)

ופלוא וּפַלּוּא

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

פלוא

Pallûwʼ

Definition

Pallu, an Israelite

Root

from H6395 (פלה); distinguished;

Exhaustive

from פלה; distinguished; Pallu, an Israelite; Pallu, Phallu.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6396

Fürst

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פַּלּוּא

noun proper masculine • Root פלא • Consonantal / Low • Page 1170

A Distinguished one; proper name, patronym.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: φαλλουσ φαλλου

LXX Usage Statistics

H6396:

φαλλουσ 3× (48.6%)

φαλλου 2× (35.2%)

חצרון חֶצְרוֹן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חצרון

Chetsrôwn

Definition

Chetsron, the name of a place in Palestine; also of two Israelites

Root

from H2691 (חצר); court-yard;

Exhaustive

from חצר; court-yard; Chetsron, the name of a place in Palestine; also of two Israelites; Hezron.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2696

אליצפן

ʼĔlîytsâphân

Definition

Elitsaphan or Eltsaphan, an Israelite

Root

or (shortened) אלצפן; from H410 (אל) and H6845 (צפן); God of treasure;

Exhaustive

or (shortened) אלצפן; from אל and צפן; God of treasure; Elitsaphan or Eltsaphan, an Israelite; Elizaphan, Elzaphan.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H469

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חֶצְרוֹן

noun proper • Root חצר • Strongs / High • Page 520

1. (from חָצֵר; blooming, beautiful) A masculine proper name. 2. (from חָצֵר; hamlet) A proper name of a city in Judah.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: εσερων ασρων αρσων εσρων ασρωνι

LXX Usage Statistics

H2696:

εσερων 6× (31.2%)

ασρων 5× (24.4%)

αρσων 3× (15.6%)

εσρων 2× (9.6%)

ασρωνι 2× (8.8%)

Hezron_§Hezron@Gen.46.9:

No stats available

וכרמי וְכַרְמִי׃

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

כרמי

Karmîy

Definition

Karmi, the name of three Israelites

Root

from H3754 (כרם); gardener;

Exhaustive

from כרם; gardener; Karmi, the name of three Israelites; Carmi.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3756

Fürst

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רָם

noun / epithet • Root רמם • Consonantal / Low • Page 1340

Identical with רָם Job 32, 2, abridged from רָאמ; also an epithet of God found in many proper names (like אֲבִירָם, אַבְרָם, יְהוֹרָם).

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: χαρμι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3756:

χαρμι 7× (77.2%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

LITV Translation:
the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.