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1 Chronicles 5:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.


1 Chronicles 5:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Chronicles 5:119 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/בְנֵ֨יwbənēy
sonconjH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
רְאוּבֵ֥ןrəʾwbēn
ReubennounH7205
בְּכֽוֹרbəkwōr
eldestnounH1060
firstborn
יִשְׂרָאֵל֮yiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ה֣וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
הַ/בְּכוֹר֒habəkwōr
eldestparticleH1060
firstborn
וּֽ/בְ/חַלְּל/וֹ֙wbəḥaləlwō
beginconjH2490
defile · break · defile · eat ···
יְצוּעֵ֣יyəṣwʿēy
bednounH3326
chamber · couch
אָבִ֔י/וʾābiyw
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
נִתְּנָה֙nitənāh
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
בְּכֹ֣רָת֔/וֹbəkōrātwō
birthrightnounH1062
firstborn
לִ/בְנֵ֥יlibənēy
sonpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יוֹסֵ֖ףywōsēp
Joseph. ComparenounH3130
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
לְ/הִתְיַחֵ֖שׂləhitəyaḥēś
(number afterpronH3187
number throughout the) genealogy · be reckoned by genealogies
לַ/בְּכֹרָֽהlabəkōrāh
birthrightpronH1062
firstborn
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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