1 Chronicles 8:1

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ובנימן וּבִנְיָמִן

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

בנימין

Binyâmîyn

Definition

Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

Root

from H1121 (בן) and H3225 (ימין); son of (the) right hand;

Exhaustive

from בן and ימין; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Benjamin.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1144

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בִּנְיָמִן

noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 258

Benjamin; proper name of Jacob's youngest son, whom his mother called Ben-oni. Ancestor of the Israelite tribe named from him.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בִּנְיָמִין

noun masculine • Root ימין • Page 105

Benjamin, meaning 'son of prosperity'. The youngest son of Jacob and the tribe named after him. References: Gen. 35:18, Josh 18:11 ff.

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: βενιαμιν ιεμενι υἱοῦ υἱοὶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1144:

βενιαμιν 153× (82.1%)

βενιαμιν 5× (2.4%)

ιεμενι 4× (2.0%)

υἱοῦ 3× (1.8%)

υἱοὶ 3× (1.8%)

υἱὸσ 3× (1.7%)

--- 2× (1.2%)

ιεμιναίου 2× (1.2%)

הוליד הוֹליד

he has begotten

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ילד

yâlad

Definition

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3205

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָלַד

verb • Root ילד • Strongs / High • Page 608

To bear, to bring forth, spoken of women giving birth to children, beasts bearing young, or birds laying eggs.

יָלַד

verb • Root ילד • Strongs / High • Page 609

To bear, bring forth (of a woman); to beget (of a father). Figuratively: to bring forth, make appear, cause to take place; to create, produce, appoint.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָלַד

verb • Root ילד • Page 283

1. to bring forth, as a mother (Gen. 4:1; Prov. 17:25). 2. to beget, as a father (Gen. 4:18; Ps. 2:7). 3. to lay eggs (Jer. 17:11). Includes stems: Niph. נוֹלַד (to be born, Gen. 4:18), Pi. יִלֵּד (to help to bring forth, as a midwife, Ex. 1:16), Pu. יֻלַּד (to be born, Gen. 10:21), and Hiph. הוֹלִיד (to cause to bring forth, Is. 66:9).

Verb Hiphil perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐγέννησεν ἔτεκεν γεννῆσαι ἔτεκον ἐτέχθησαν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3205:

ἐγέννησεν 153× (30.2%)

ἔτεκεν 97× (18.6%)

γεννῆσαι 17× (3.0%)

ἔτεκον 11× (2.2%)

ἐτέχθησαν 9× (1.8%)

τικτούσησ 9× (1.6%)

ὡσ 8× (1.7%)

τεκεῖν 7× (1.3%)

τέξεται 7× (1.3%)

ἐγένοντο 7× (1.4%)

את אֶת־

את-self eternal

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Root

apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;

Exhaustive

apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H853

את

ʼêth

Definition

a hoe or other digging implement

Root

of uncertain derivation;

Exhaustive

of uncertain derivation; a hoe or other digging implement; coulter, plowshare.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H855

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אֵת

ii. particle • Page 81

A primitive particle and sign of the accusative case (with Makk. -אֶת; with suffixes אֹתִי, אֹתָנוּ, etc.). Often denotes the definite direct object but can appear in circumstances where other languages employ the nominative (with passive verbs, neuter verbs, or before a nominative subject). References: Gen. 17: 5; Ex. 10: 8; 1 Sam. 17: 34.

אֵת

preposition • Page 82

1. with, together with (Gen. 4:1); 2. with, near by (Gen. 39:6); 3. in or on a place (1 Sam. 7:16); 4. besides (1 K. 11:25); 5. towards, erga (Ruth 2:20, 2 Sam. 16:17).

Direct object eternal self

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0853:

No stats available

H0855:

No stats available

בלע בֶּלַע

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בלע

Belaʻ

Definition

Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites

Root

the same as H1105 (בלע);

Exhaustive

the same as בלע; Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites; Bela.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1106

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בֶּלַע

noun masculine / noun proper • Root בלע • Consonantal / Medium • Page 250

1. a swallowing (hence for a moment). 2. concrete: thing swallowed, e.g. robbed temple-vessels. 3. abstract: destruction. 4. proper name of a small town at the southern extremity of the Dead Sea, afterwards Zoar. 5. proper name of a man (consumption, destruction).

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּלַע

verb • Root בלע • Consonantal / Medium • Page 249

To swallow, to devour.

Matched via consonantal key only

בִּלַּע

verb • Root בלע • Consonantal / Medium • Page 250

Piel form: 1. to swallow up totally (spittle), hence proverbially like the swallowing (of spittle) i.e. in a moment. 2. to destroy, to annihilate.

Matched via consonantal key only

בֻּלַּע

verb • Root בלע • Consonantal / Medium • Page 250

Pual form: to be destroyed.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בֶּלַע

verb • Root בלע • Page 102

1. *something swallowed*. Jer. 51:44. 2. *destruction*. Ps. 52:6. 3. proper name of a small city on the southern extremity of the Dead Sea, afterwards called צֹעַר. Gen. 14:2, 8, 19:20-22.

בָּלַע

verb • Root בלע • Page 101

1. to *swallow, swallow up, devour*. (Gen. 41:7, 24, Ex. 7:12, Num. 16:30, Job 7:19). 2. figuratively to *destroy* (Prov. 1:12, Jer. 51:34). Pi. to swallow up (Prov. 19:28).

בָּלַע

verb • Page 102

2. *to destroy*, but without giving up the figure. Job 2:3, 10:8, 37:20; Ps. 21:10; Is. 3:12, 19:3, 25:7, 8; 2 Sam. 20:19, 20; Lam. 2:2, 5, 8. Chald. to swallow and to destroy. Niph. pass. Hos. 8:8; Is. 28:7 *disordered* or *smitten* by wine. Hithpa. Ps. 107:27 *is destroyed*.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: βαλε βαλακ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1106a:

βαλε 6× (38.9%)

βαλακ 5× (35.1%)

בכרו בְּכֹרוֹ

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

הו

Definition

his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

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, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

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%)

אשבל אַשְׁבֵּל

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אשבל

ʼAshbêl

Definition

Ashbel, an Israelite

Root

probably from the same as H7640 (שבל); flowing;

Exhaustive

probably from the same as שבל; flowing; Ashbel, an Israelite; Ashbel.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H788

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אַשְׁבֵּל

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 196

Ashbel; proper name of a man (equivalent to אִישׁ בַּעַל)

אַשְׁבֵּלִי

adjective • Lemma_Lookup • Page 196

Ashbelite

Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0788:

No stats available

השני הַשֵּׁנִי

the Second One/scarlet

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

שני

shênîy

Definition

properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again

Root

from H8138 (שנה);

Exhaustive

from שנה; properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again; again, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8145

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שְׁנִי

adjective / numeral • Root שנה • Consonantal / Low • Page 1459

Second (adjective derived from the numeral two). Used in combinations to denote twelve (e.g., שְׁנֵי עָשָׂר).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

שְׁנִי

noun • Consonantal / Low • Page 1460

Crimson stuff or yarn; threads and cords coloured with crimson. Used figuratively for splendid garments.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

שְׁנִי

numeral ordinal • Consonantal / Low • Page 1460

1. The second (masculine form); 2. Also an adverb meaning again, iterum, altera vice; 3. Second rank (regarded as excellent).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

שָׁנִי

m. prop. • Root שנה • Consonantal / Low • Page 1459

Crimson dye or color, obtained from the coccus-insect (Coccus ilicis). Literally, 'the shining, light-giving thing.'

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֵׁנִי

fem. שֵׁנִית • Page 691

second. Also used adverbially, a second time. References: Gen. 22: 15; 41: 5.

Particle definite article, Adjective ordinal number both singular absolute

LXX: δεύτερον δευτέρῳ δεύτεροσ δευτέρου δευτέρᾳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8145:

δεύτερον 36× (24.1%)

δευτέρῳ 29× (18.4%)

δεύτεροσ 19× (12.2%)

δευτέρου 18× (11.6%)

δευτέρᾳ 16× (10.1%)

'' 9× (5.7%)

--- 7× (5.3%)

δευτέρασ 4× (2.6%)

δευτέραν 3× (2.0%)

δευτέρα 2× (1.3%)

ואחרח וְאַחְרַח

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

אחרח

ʼAchrach

Definition

Achrach, an Israelite

Root

from H310 (אחר) and H251 (אח); after (his) brother;

Exhaustive

from אחר and אח; after (his) brother; Achrach, an Israelite; Aharah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H315

Fürst

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אֲחַרַח

noun proper masculine • Root אחר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 104

Following 'Ach (i.e. God).

אֲחַרְחֵל

noun proper masculine • Root אחר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 104

Following the possessor of power (i.e. God).

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0315:

No stats available

השלישי הַשְּׁלִישִׁי׃

the Third One

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

שלישי

shᵉlîyshîy

Definition

third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)

Root

ordinal from H7969 (שלוש);

Exhaustive

ordinal from שלוש; third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell); third (part, rank, time), three (years old).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7992

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁלִישִׁי

ordinal adjective • Root שלש • Strongs / High • Page 1440

third (masculine ordinal).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁלִישִׁי

noun masculine • Root שלש • Page 680

The third. The fem. שְׁלִישִׁית (shelishit) signifies (1) the third part; (2) the third time (Ezek. 21:19); (3) the third day, or the day after tomorrow (1 Sam. 20:12); (4) in Is. 15:5 and Jer. 48:34 it forms part of a proper name.

Particle definite article, Adjective ordinal number both singular absolute

LXX: τρίτῃ τρίτοσ τρίτον τρίτῳ τέταρτον

LXX Usage Statistics

H7992:

τρίτῃ 26× (22.9%)

τρίτοσ 20× (17.6%)

τρίτον 19× (15.6%)

τρίτῳ 12× (10.4%)

τέταρτον 3× (2.3%)

τρίτη 3× (2.6%)

τρίτην 3× (2.6%)

τρίτου 3× (2.5%)

μέρουσ 3× (2.0%)

τρίτησ 2× (2.1%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, and Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

LITV Translation:
And Benjamin fathered his first-born Bela; Ashbel, the second; and Aharah, the third;

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Now Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, and Ashbel his second son, Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth,