King James Version

1 Chronicles 8:1

Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

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וּבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ןuvinyaminand Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Benjamin”H1144Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryBenjamin.הוֹלִ֖ידholidbearיָלַדverb, 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).בֶּ֣לַעbelaBelaבֶּלַעnoun, proper name — “Bela”H1106Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two IsraelitesBela.בְּכֹר֑וֹbekhorvofirstbornבְּכוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “firstborn”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1060firstborn; hence, chiefeldest (son), firstborn(-ling).אַשְׁבֵּל֙ashbelAshbelאַשְׁבֵּלnoun, proper name — “Ashbel”H788Ashbel, an IsraeliteAshbel.הַשֵּׁנִ֔יhashenithe againשֵׁנִיdefinite article, adjective, ordinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “the again”, the ordinary formH8145properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, againagain, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).וְאַחְרַ֖חveachrachand Aharahאַחְרַחconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Aharah”H315Achrach, an IsraeliteAharah.הַשְּׁלִישִֽׁיhashlishithe thirdשְׁלִישִׁיdefinite article, adjective, ordinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “the third”, the ordinary formH7992third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)third (part, rank, time), three (years old).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Benjamin begot Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

Young’s Literal Translation

And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

World English Bible

Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

Darby Translation

And Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

Douay-Rheims

Now Benjamin beget Bale his firstborn, Asbel the second, Ahara the third,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Benjamin begot Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Now Benjamin begot Bale his first-born, and Asbel his second son , Aara the third, Noa the fourth,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ Βενιαμὶν ἐγέννησε Βαλὲ πρωτότοκον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ʼΑσβὴλ τὸν δεύτερον, Ἀαρὰ τὸν τρίτον,