1 Chronicles 4:6

And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Naarah	נַעֲרָה֙ na.'a.Rah	H5292	Naarah · proper noun, a woman's name
bare	וַתֵּ֨לֶד va.Te.led	H3205	to bear young · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Ahuzam	אֲחֻזָּ֣ם 'a.chu.Zam	H275	Achuzzam · proper noun, a man's name
Hepher	חֵ֔פֶר Che.fer	H2660	Chepher · proper noun, a man's name
Temeni	תֵּימְנִ֖י teim.Ni	H8488	Temeni · noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
Haahashtari	הָאֲחַשְׁתָּרִ֑י ha.'a.chash.ta.Ri	H326	an achastarite (i.e. courier) · noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
sons	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Naarah	נַעֲרָֽה na.'a.Rah	H5292	Naarah · proper noun, a woman's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 4:1-10

One reason, no doubt, why Ezra is here most particular in the register of the tribe of Judah is because it was that tribe which, with its appendages, Simeon, Benjamin, and Levi, made up the kingdom of Judah, which not only long survived the other tribes in Canaan, but in process of time, now when this was written, returned out of captivity, when the generality of the other tribes were lost in the kingdom of Assyria. The most remarkable person in this paragraph is Jabez. It is not said whose son he was, nor does it appear in what age he lived; but, it should seem, he was the founder of one of the families of Aharhel, mentioned Ch1 4:8. Here is, I. The reason of his name: his mother gave him t…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 4:3

These were of the father of Etam - "And these are the rabbins (doctors) living at Etam, Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash." - T.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 4:6

And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari,.... Of whom we have no account elsewhere: these were the sons of Naarah; the second wife of Ashur.

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 4:6

And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari,.... Of whom we have no account elsewhere: these were the sons of Naarah; the second wife of Ashur.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 4:1-7

The genealogy of Judah continues, with links back to 2:1-55. The connection to Hur, the ancestor of Bethlehem, is provided immediately (4:1-4; see 2:19-20, 51-55).

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 4:5

And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives This refers back [to 2:24]: “... and the wife of Hezron was Abijah, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa,” for he did not trace his lineage until now.

Dictionary and topics

Ahuzam — (possession), properly Ahuzzam son of Ashur, the father or founder of Tekoa, by his wife Naarah. (1 Chronicles 4:6)
Haahashtari — (the courier), a man or a family immediately descended from Ashur. “father of Tekoa,” by his second wife Naarah. (1 Chronicles 4:6) (B.C. after 1450.)
Hepher — A well or stream. (1.) A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (12:17). (2.) The youngest son of Gilead (Num. 26:32; 27:1). (3.) The second son of Asher (1 Chr. 4:6). (4.) One of David’s…
Naarah — A girl, the second of Ashur’s two wives, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:5, 6).
Temeni — One of the sons of Ashur, the father of Tekoa (1 Chr. 4:6).
Ahuzam · General references — General references
Haahashtari · General references — General references
Hepher · 2. — 2.
Naarah · A wife of Ashur — A wife of Ashur
Temeni · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).