1CH 8

1 Chronicles 8:40

WEB

The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and grandsons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

BSB

The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

KJV

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.

Matthew Henry

Verses 33–40

1 Chronicles 8:33–40

It is observable that among all the genealogies of the tribes there is no mention of any of the kings of Israel after the defection from the house of David, much less of their families; not a word of Jeroboam's house or Baasha's, of Umri's or Jehu's; for they were all idolaters. But of the family of Saul, which was the royal family before the elevation of David, we have here a particular account. 1. Before Saul, Kish and Ner only are named, his father and grandfather, Ch1 8:33. His pedigree is carried higher Sa1 9:1, only there Kish is said to be the son of Abiel, here of Ner. He was in truth the son of Ner but the grandson of Abiel, as appears by Sa1 14:51, where it is said that Ner was the son of Abiel, and that Abner, who was the son of Ner, was Saul's uncle (that is, his father's brother); therefore his father was also the son of Ner. It is common in all languages to put sons for grandsons and other descendents, much more in the scanty language of the Hebrews. 2. After Saul, divers of his sons are named, but the posterity of none of them, save Jonathan only, who was blessed with numerous issue and those honoured with a place in the sacred genealogies for the sake of his sincere kindness to David. The line of Jonathan is drawn down here for about ten generations. Perhaps David was, in a particular manner, careful to preserve that, and assigned it a page by itself, because of the covenant made between his seed and Jonathan's seed forever, Sa1 20:15, Sa1 20:23, Sa1 20:42. This genealogy ends in Ulam, whose family became famous in the tribe of Benjamin for the number of its valiant men. Of that one man's posterity there were, as it should seem, at one time, 150 archers brought into the field of battle, that were mighty men of valour, Ch1 8:40. That is taken notice of concerning them which is more a man's praise than his pomp or wealth is, that they were qualified to serve their country.

Cross-references: 1Chr 8:33 · 1Sam 9:1 · 1Sam 14:51 · 1Sam 20:15 · 1Sam 20:23 · 1Sam 20:42 · 1Chr 8:40

Hebrew interlinear

H1961

הָיָהhâyâh/haw-yaw/

v — exist, be, become, come to pass

Derivation: a primitive root (compare 1933);

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

KJV: beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.

הָיָה

vb — fall out

הָיָה 3570 vb. fall out, come to pass, become, be

Qal

I.

1.

a. Fall out, happen

b. occur, take place, come about, come to pass

2. esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass

a.

(1). וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)

(2). rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה

b. less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)

II. Come into being, become

1.

a. abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come

b. sq. prep.

2. become

a. sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)

b. sq. pred. adj.

c. become like

d. sq. pred. לְ pers.

e. sq. לְ pred.

f. oft. c. לְ pred. לְ pers.

g. with עַל and לְ

h. sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of

III. Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)

1. exist, be in existence

2. abide, remain, continue

3. with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie

4. as copula, joining subj. & pred.

5. periphrastic conjug.

Niph.

1. either be done, be brought about, or occur, come to pass

2. be done, finished, gone

H1121

בֵּןbên/bane/

n-m — son

Derivation: from 1129;

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

KJV: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

בֵּן

n.m — son

בֵּן 4870 n.m. son

1. son, male child, born of a woman

2. children (male and female)

3. youth, young men

4. the young of animals

5. of plant shoots

6. fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows

7.

a. member of a guild, order or class

b. of animals son of (the) herd

8. ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.

9. n. relat. of age

בְּנוֹ

n.pr.m — his son

בְּנוֹ 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.

H198

אוּלָםʼÛwlâm/oo-lawm'/

n-pr-m — Ulam

Derivation: appar, from 481 (in the sense of dumbness); solitary;

Ulam, the name of two Israelites

KJV: Ulam.

אוּלָם

n.pr.m — Ulam

אוּלָם n.pr.m. only geneal.

H376

אִישׁʼîysh/eesh/

n-m — man

Derivation: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.

אִישׁ

n.m — man

אִישׁ 2166 n.m. man (= vir)

H1368

גִּבּוֹרgibbôwr/ghib-bore'/

a — powerful, warrior, tyrant

Derivation: or גִּבֹּר; (shortened) intensive from the same as 1397;

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

KJV: champion, chief, × excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.

גִּבּוֹר

adj — strong

גִּבּוֹר 159 adj. strong, mighty

H2428

חַיִלchayil/khah'-yil/

n-m — force, army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

Derivation: from 2342;

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

KJV: able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ( ) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).

חַ֫יִל

n.m — strength

חַ֫יִל 244 n.m. strength, efficiency, wealth, army

1. strength, usu. physical

2. ability, efficiency, often involving moral worth

3. wealth

4. force, army

H1869

דָּרַךְdârak/daw-rak'/

v — tread, walk, string

Derivation: a primitive root;

to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)

KJV: archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.

דָּרַךְ

vb — tread

דָּרַךְ vb. tread, march

Qal

1. tread, march, march forth

2. tread upon

3. tread wine- (or oil-) press

4. tread (i.e. bend) the bow

Hiph.

1. tread, tread down

2. tread (bend) the bow

3. causat. cause to tread or march, lead

H7198

קֶשֶׁתqesheth/keh'-sheth/

n-f — bow, strength, iris

Derivation: from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending;

a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

KJV: × arch(-er), arrow, bow(-man, -shot).

קֶ֫שֶׁת

n.f — bow

קֶ֫שֶׁת n.f. bow

1. bow

2. rainbow

H7235

רָבָהrâbâh/raw-baw'/

v — increase

Derivation: a primitive root;

to increase (in whatever respect)

KJV: (bring in) abundance (× -antly), archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, × continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, × -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), × process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.

רָבָה

vb — be much

[רָבָה] 225 vb. be, or become, much, many, great

Qal 59

1. become many, numerous

2.

a. be great

b. grow great (Aramaism)

Pi. 4 make large, increase

Hiph. 162

1. make much or many

2. make great, obj. pers.

רָבָה

vb — shoot

[רָבָה] vb. shoot;—only Qal Gn 21:20

H3967

מֵאָהmêʼâh/may-aw'/

n-f — hundred

Derivation: or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral

a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

KJV: hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.

מֵאָה

n.f — hundred

מֵאָה 583 n.f. hundred

1. as simple number

2. as part of larger number

3. a hundredth part

H2572

חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym/kham-ish-sheem'/

n — fifty

Derivation: multiple of 2568;

fifty

KJV: fifty.

חֲמִשִּׁים

n.pl — fifty

חֲמִשִּׁים 164 n.pl. (a) fifty

H3605

כֹּלkôl/kole/

n-m — whole, all, any, every

Derivation: or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from 3634;

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

כֹּל

n.m — the whole

כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all

1. with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

2. Absolutely:

a. without the art., all things, all

b. with the art. הַכֹּל

(a). where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

(b). in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

H428

אֵלֶּהʼêl-leh/ale'-leh/

d — these, those

Derivation: prolonged from 411;

these or those

KJV: an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).

אֵ֫לֶּה

pr.pl.m — these

אֵ֫לֶּה pr.pl.m. & f. these

a. in appos. to a subst. with a pron. suff. (always without the article)

b. repeated, אלהואלה, thesethose

c. with the art. (but only after a subst. determined likewise by the art.)

d. with preps.

H1144

בִּנְיָמִיןBinyâmîyn/bin-yaw-mene'/

n-pr-m — Binjamin

Derivation: from 1121 and 3225; son of (the) right hand;

Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

KJV: Benjamin.

בִּנְיָמִין

n.pr.m — Benjamin

בִּנְיָמִין n.pr.m. 166 (son of (the) right hand)—

1. youngest son of Jacob, so called by him, but Rachel, the mother, who died at Benjamin's birth, called בֶּן־אוֹנִ֑י (q.v.)

2. son of Bilhan and great-grandson of Benjamin

3. a Jew of Ezra's time

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