1 Chronicles 7:32

And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Heber	וְחֶ֙בֶר֙ ve.Che.ver	H2268	Cheber · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
begat	הוֹלִ֣יד ho.Lid	H3205	to bear young · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Japhlet	יַפְלֵ֔ט yaf.Let	H3310	Japhlet · proper noun, a man's name
Shomer	שׁוֹמֵ֖ר sho.Mer	H7763	Shomer · proper noun, a man's name
Hotham	חוֹתָ֑ם cho.Tam	H2369	Chotham · proper noun, a man's name
Shua	שׁוּעָ֥א shu.'A'	H7774	Shua · proper noun, a woman's name
sister	אֲחוֹתָֽם 'a.cho.Tam	H269	a sister (used very widely (like brother) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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 7:20–end

We have here an account, I. Of the tribe of Ephraim. Great things we read of that tribe when it came to maturity. Here we have an account of the disasters of its infancy, while it was in Egypt as it should seem; for Ephraim himself was alive when those things were done, which yet is hard to imagine if it were, as is here computed, seven generations off. Therefore I am apt to think that either it was another Ephraim or that those who were slain were the immediate sons of that Ephraim that was the son of Joseph. In this passage, which is related here only, we have, 1. The great breach that was made upon the family of Ephraim. The men of Gath, Philistines, giants, slew many of the sons of that…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 7:21

whom the men of Gath . . . slew, &c.--This interesting little episode gives us a glimpse of the state of Hebrew society in Egypt; for the occurrence narrated seems to have taken place before the Israelites left that country. The patriarch Ephraim was then alive, though he must have arrived at a very advanced age; and the Hebrew people, at all events those of them who were his descendants, still retained their pastoral character. It was in perfect consistency with the ideas and habits of Oriental shepherds that they should have made a raid on the neighboring tribe of the Philistines for the purpose of plundering their flocks. For nothing is more common among them than hostile incursions on th…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 7:32

And Shua their sister - It is very rarely that women are found in the Jewish genealogies, and they are never inserted but for especial reasons.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 7:32

And Heber,.... The other grandson of Asher; and son of Beriah: begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shuah their sister; a place on the borders of Ephraim is called the coast of Japhleti; but whether from this Japhlet is uncertain.

Dictionary and topics

Heber — Passing over. (1.) Son of Beriah and grandson of Asher (Gen. 46:17; 1 Chr. 7:31, 32). (2.) The Kenite (Judg. 4:11, 17; 5:24), a descendant of Hobab. His wife Jael received Sisera (q.v.) into her tent…
Hotham — (signet ring), a man of Asher, son of Heber, of the family Of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 7:32) (B.C. 1490.)
Ithran — (excellence).
Japhlet — (whom God delivers) a descendant of Asher through Beriah. (1 Chronicles 7:32,33)
Shomer — Watchman. (1.) The mother of Jehozabad, who murdered Joash (2 Kings 12:21); called also Shimrith, a Moabitess (2 Chr. 24:26). (2.) A man of Asher (1 Chr. 7:32); called also Shamer (34).
Shua — Wealth. (1.) A Canaanite whose daughter was married to Judah (1 Chr. 2:3). (2.) A daughter of Heber the Asherite (1 Chr. 7:32).
Asher, The Tribe Of · Remarkable persons of — Remarkable persons of
Heber · 3. A — 3. A
Hotham · General references — General references
Shamer · . — .
Shua · 2. Daughter of Heber — 2. Daughter of Heber

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).

1 Chronicles 7:32

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 7:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 7:21

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 7:32

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 7:32

Dictionary and topics

1 Chronicles 7:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 7:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 7:21

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 7:32

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 7:32

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 7:32–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 7:22

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 7:31