King James Version

1 Chronicles 2:44

And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.

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וְשֶׁ֣מַעveshemaand Shemaשֶׁמַעconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Shema”H8087Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four IsraelitesShema.הוֹלִ֔ידholidbearיָלַדverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).רַ֖חַםrachamRahamרַחַםnoun, proper name — “Raham”H7357Racham, an IsraeliteRaham.אֲבִ֣יavifatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.יָרְקֳעָ֑םyareqoamJorkeamיׇרְקְעָםnoun, proper name — “Jorkeam”H3421Jorkeam, a place in PalestineJorkeam.וְרֶ֖קֶםvereqemand Rekemרֶקֶםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Rekem”H7552Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an IsraeliteRekem.הוֹלִ֥ידholidbearיָלַדverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שַׁמָּֽיshamayShammaiשַׁמַּיnoun, proper name — “Shammai”H8060Shammai, the name of three IsraelitesShammai.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begot Shammai.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begat Shammai.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Shema begat Raham father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begat Shammai.

World English Bible

Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.

Darby Translation

And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem begot Shammai;

Douay-Rheims

And Samma beget Raham, the father of Jercaam, and Recem beget Sammai.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begot Shammai.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Samaa begot Raem the father of Jeclan: and Jeclan begot Samai.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ Σαμαὰ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ῥαὲμ πατέρα Ἰεκλὰν, καὶ Ἰεκλὰν ἐγέννησε τὸν Σαμαΐ.