1 Chronicles 7:16

1 Chronicles 7:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
• New International Version (NIV)Makir’s wife Maakah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Makir’s wife, Maacah, gave birth to a son whom she named Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh. The sons of Peresh were Ulam and Rakem.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:16

14The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel. 15Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead’s grandson was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters. (Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17The son of Ulam was Bedan.) These were the descendants of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

1 Chronicles 7:16 word by word

וַתֵּ֨לֶד מַעֲכָ֤ה אֵֽשֶׁת־מָכִיר֙ בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמוֹ֙ פֶּ֔רֶשׁ וְשֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו שָׁ֑רֶשׁ וּבָנָ֖יו אוּלָ֥ם וָרָֽקֶם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Maachahמַעֲכָהma‛ăkâh ma‛ăkâth · MaacahH4601
• the wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• of Machirמָכִירmâkîyr · MachirH4353
• bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• a sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and she calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Pereshפֶּ֫רֶשׁperesh · PereshH6570
• of his brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• Shereshשָׁ֑רֶשׁsheresh · ShereshH8329
• Ulamאוּלָם'ûlâm · UlamH198
• and Rakemרֶ֫קֶםreqem · RakemH7552

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:16

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-19These verses have several issues that suggest the Hebrew text might be damaged: Maacah is listed as both the sister and wife of Makir (1 Chronicles 7:15–16). Huppim and Shuppim were earlier listed with Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:12), not Manasseh. Those considered Gileadites (1 Chronicles 7:16–17) are vaguely linked to Gilead, whose direct descendants are not listed (compare Numbers 26:30–33). The sons of Shemida are not connected to the genealogy (1…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:16

• Maachah
• Peresh
• Rakem
• Sheresh
• Ulam

In the dictionaries

• Sheresh
• Abiezer
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Machir; Machirite
• Manasseh (2)
• Peresh
• Rakem
• Ulam
• Dan

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary