1 Chronicles 4:7

And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sons	וּבְנֵ֖י u.ve.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
Helah	חֶלְאָ֑ה chel.'Ah	H2458	Chelah · proper noun, a woman's name
Zereth	צֶ֥רֶת Tze.ret	H6889	Tsereth · proper noun, a man's name
Jezoar	וְצֹ֖חַר ve.yitz.char	H6714	Tsochar · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Ethnan	וְאֶתְנָֽן ve.'et.Nan	H869	Ethnan · conjunction + proper noun, a man'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 4:7

And Ethnan - After this word we should, with the Targum, read Coz, whose posterity is mentioned in the next verse. Coz was probably the same as Kenaz.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 4:7

And the sons of Helah,.... The other wife: were Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan: nowhere else mentioned.

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 4:7

And the sons of Helah,.... The other wife: were Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan: nowhere else mentioned.

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

Ethnan — (hire), one of the sons of Helah the wife of Ashur. (1 Chronicles 4:7)
Helah — Rust, (1 Chr. 4:5, 7), one of the wives of Ashur.
Jezoar — (whiteness), the son of Helah, one of the wives of Asher. (1 Chronicles 4:7)
Zereth — (splendor), son of Ashur, the founder of Tekoa, by his wife Helah. (1 Chronicles 4:7) (B.C. 1440.)
Ethnan · Grand — Grand
Jezoar · General references — General references
Zereth · 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).