1 Chronicles 7:34

And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

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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
Shamer	שָׁ֑מֶר Sha.mer	H8106	Shemer · proper noun, a man's name
Ahi	אֲחִ֥י 'a.Chi	H277	Achi · proper noun, a man's name
Rohgah	וְרָהְגָּ֖ה ve.ro.ha.gah	H7303	Rohagah · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Jehubbah	וְחֻבָּ֥ה ve.yach.bah	H3160	Jechubbah · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Aram	וַאֲרָֽם va.'a.Ram	H758	Aram or Syria · conjunction + proper noun, a place 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 7:34

And the sons of Shamer,.... Or Shomer, the brother of Japhlet, 1 Chronicles 7:32. Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram; of whom nothing is known but their names.

Dictionary and topics

Ahi — (a brother).
Aram — The son of Shem (Gen. 10:22); according to Gen. 22:21, a grandson of Nahor. In Matt. 1:3, 4, and Luke 3:33, this word is the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1 Chr. 2:10). The word means…
Ithran — (excellence).
Jehubbah — (protected), a man of Asher, son of Shamer or Shomer, of the house of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 7:34) (B.C. perhaps about 1450.)
Rohgah — (clamor), an Asherite, of the sons of Shamer. (1 Chronicles 7:34) (B.C. about 1490.)
Shamer — (keeper).
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).
Ahi · 1. — 1.
Aram · 5. — 5.
Asher, The Tribe Of · Remarkable persons of — Remarkable persons of
Jehubbah · An Asherite — An Asherite
Rohgah · General references — General references
Shamer · 2. An Asherite, — 2. An Asherite,

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 7:34

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 7:34

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1 Chronicles 7:34

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 7:34

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