1 Chronicles 7:31

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%)

בריעה בְרִיעָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בריעה

Bᵉrîyʻâh

Definition

Beriah, the name of four Israelites

Root

apparently from the feminine of H7451 (רע) with a prepositional prefix; in trouble;

Exhaustive

apparently from the feminine of רע with a prepositional prefix; in trouble; Beriah, the name of four Israelites; Beriah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1283

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּרִיעָה

noun proper masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 278

Beriah (proper name, meaning unfortunate).

Matched via consonantal key only

בְּרִיעָה

noun feminine • Root ברע • Consonantal / Medium • Page 282

gift; proper name of a woman.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּרִיעָה

proper name • Page 115

The proper name of a son of Ephraim.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: βαρια βεριγα βερια

LXX Usage Statistics

H1283:

βαρια 3× (27.1%)

βεριγα 3× (27.1%)

βερια 2× (17.1%)

חבר חֶבֶר

Spellcaster (Heber)

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חבר

Cheber

Definition

Cheber, the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites

Root

the same as H2267 (חבר); community;

Exhaustive

the same as חבר; community; Cheber, the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites; Heber.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2268

מענה

maʻăneh

Definition

a reply (favorable or contradictory)

Root

from H6030 (ענה);

Exhaustive

from ענה; a reply (favorable or contradictory); answer, [idiom] himself.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4617

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֶבֶר

noun / masculine • Root חבר • Strongs / High • Page 454

An associate in business.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֶבֶר

noun masculine • Root חבר • Page 213

A companion; perhaps a sorcerer, magician. (Job 40:30 [41:6]).

חֻבַּר

pu. • Root חבר • Page 213

Passive of the verb. To be joined. (Ex. 28:7; Ps. 94:20).

מַעֲנֶה

noun masculine • Root ענה • Page 394

m. verbal from עָנָה. 1. an answer (Prov. 15:1). 2. a hearing (Prov. 16:1). 3. a refutation, confutation (Job 32:3). 4. end, object (Prov. 16:4).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: χαβερ ἀπόκρισισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2268:

χαβερ 6× (54.2%)

Heber_§Heber@Gen.46.17:

ἀπόκρισισ 2× (24.2%)

ומלכיאל וּמַלְכִּיאֵל

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

מלכיאל

Malkîyʼêl

Definition

Malkiel, an Israelite

Root

from H4428 (מלך) and H410 (אל); king of (i.e. appointed by) God;

Exhaustive

from מלך and אל; king of (i.e. appointed by) God; Malkiel, an Israelite; Malchiel.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4439

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַלְכִּי־אֵל

noun proper masculine • Strongs / High • Page 860

A proper name, Malchiel, meaning 'El is King'.

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: μελχιηλ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4439:

μελχιηλ 3× (75.0%)

הוא הוּא

Himself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הוא

hûwʼ

Definition

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

Root

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;

Exhaustive

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1931

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הוּא

personal pronoun • Root הו • Strongs / High • Page 392

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. It can also be used for emphasis (he himself), as a demonstrative (this, that), to indicate self, or to strengthen other pronouns (I myself, thou thyself).

הוּא

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 393

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. Can also mean 'the same', 'himself'. It is also used as a designation for God, and can include the verb 'to be'.

הוּא

aramaic personal pronoun (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 393

Aramaic personal pronoun of the 3rd person, he.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הוּא

chald. • Page 178

idem. behold, as for as simply. So in Syr. Dan. 2:43.

הוּא

pronoun • Page 182

1. he, and as a neuter it. In the Pentateuch, used for both genders. 2. self, same, selfsame. Is. 7:14, Ps. 44:5. 3. serves as the substantive verb 'to be' (copula). Is. 43:25. Also used as 'thou (art) the same' in 2 Sam. 7:28.

הוּא

chald. pron. • Page 182

idem (the same). Dan. 2:21.

הוּא

chald. • Page 182

see הֲוָה.

הוּא

unknown • Page 217

see הָוָה.

Pronoun personal third person masculine singular

LXX: αὐτὸσ ἐστιν ἐκείνῃ οὗτοσ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H1931:

αὐτὸσ 321× (16.5%)

ἐστιν 260× (13.7%)

ἐκείνῃ 197× (10.6%)

οὗτοσ 160× (8.4%)

--- 103× (5.6%)

ἐκείνῳ 67× (3.6%)

ἐστίν 54× (2.9%)

ἐστὶν 54× (2.7%)

'' 50× (2.3%)

τοῦτο 42× (2.2%)

אבי אֲבִי

I am causing to come

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אב

ʼâb

Definition

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

Root

a primitive word;

Exhaustive

a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָב

noun masculine • Root אבה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 43

Father; benefactor, care-taker, supporter; spiritual benefactor (teacher, instructor, counsellor); chief adviser, Visier; lord, possessor, holder (figuratively in compounds); founder of a domestic society or race; spiritual begetter, i.e. Creator, God.

אָב

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 44

God, as the creator, benefactor, care-taker, ruler; frequently used in compound proper names denoting God.

אָב

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 254

Father (used here as master/teacher)

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָב

m. prim. irreg. • Page 16

1. father, properly so called; freq. 2. grandfather, forefather, ancestor (Gen. 28: 13, 1 K. 15: 11, 1 Chr. 2: 45, Gen. 4: 20, 21). 3. maker, creator (Job 38: 28). In this sense, applied to Jehovah (Is. 63: 16, 64: 7). 4. benefactor, guardian (Job 29: 16, Ps. 68: 6). Applied to the expected Messiah as אֲבִי עַד 'the eternal father of his people' (Is. 9: 5). 5. a title of respect for prophets and priests, even from kings (2 K. 6: 21, 13: 14, Judg. 17: 10). 6. 'father of the king', an oriental expression to designate a vizier or prime minister (Gen. 45: 8).

אָב

noun masculine • Page 17

Father. Beyond the literal sense, it is used for a counsellor or teacher (Gen. 41:43) and figuratively for the grave (Job 17:14). It appears in compound proper names (e.g., Abraham, Abigail) and includes the Chaldee form (Dan. 2:23).

אָב

noun masculine • Root אבה • Page 17

Wish, desire. Core biblical reference: Job 34:36.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0001:

No stats available

ברזות בִרְזוֹת׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ברזות

Birzôwth

Definition

Birzoth, an Israelite

Root

probably feminine plural from an unused root (apparently mean to pierce); holes;

Exhaustive

probably feminine plural from an unused root (apparently mean to pierce); holes; Birzoth, an Israelite; Birzavith (from the marg.).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1269

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בִּרְזוֹת

noun proper feminine • Root ברזית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 277

K'ri reading for בִּרְזַיִת

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H1269:

No stats available

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Maichiel, he the father of Birzavith.

LITV Translation:
And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel; he is the father of Birzavith.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel; he was the father of Birzaith.