1 Chronicles 7:33

And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sons	וּבְנֵ֣י u.ve.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
Japhlet	יַפְלֵ֔ט yaf.Let	H3310	Japhlet · proper noun, a man's name
Pasach	פָּסַ֥ךְ pa.Sakh	H6457	Pasak · proper noun, a man's name
Bimhal	וּבִמְהָ֖ל u.vim.Hal	H1118	Bimhal · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Ashvath	וְעַשְׁוָ֑ת ve.'ash.Vat	H6220	Ashvath · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
children	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Japhlet	יַפְלֵֽט yaf.Let	H3310	Japhlet · 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 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 7:33

And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these are the children of Japhlet. Of whom we read not elsewhere,

Dictionary and topics

Ashvath — One of the sons of Japhlet, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:33)
Bimhal — (circumcised), one of the sons of Japhlet in the line of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:33)
Ithran — (excellence).
Japhlet — (whom God delivers) a descendant of Asher through Beriah. (1 Chronicles 7:32,33)
Pasach — Clearing, one of the sons of Japhlet, of the tribe of Asher (1 Chr. 7:33).
Asher, The Tribe Of · Remarkable persons of — Remarkable persons of
Ashvath · General references — General references
Bimhal · General references — General references
Japhlet · Grand — Grand
Pasach · 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).

1 Chronicles 7:33

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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 7:33

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1 Chronicles 7:33

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 7:33

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