1 Chronicles 1:24

שֵׁ֥ם אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד שָֽׁלַח
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
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שֵׁ֥ם
שֵׁ֥ם
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Shem")
Dictionary form: שֵׁם · shame

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: shem
shem ×11 of shem ×4 and shem ×1 unto shem ×1
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Shem — Standard English rendering of this proper name.
Sem — Greek/Latin form; used in some Christian traditions.
Shame — Literal transliteration; useful in etymological discussions.

BDB8777 H8035

BDB8776 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB8778

II. שֵׁם proper name, masculine first son of Noah; — Gen 5:32; Gen 6:10; Gen 7:13; Gen 10:1; Gen 10:22; Gen 10:31; Gen 11:10 (twice in verse); Gen 11:11 (all P), Gen 9:18; Gen 9:23; Gen 9:26; Gen 9:27; Gen 10:21 (all J), 1Chr 1:4; 1Chr 1:17; 1Chr 1:24 σημ.

shem
šēm
name
Shem, a son of Noah (often including his posterity)
  • the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes

אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד
אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Arphaxad")
Dictionary form: אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · ar-pahk-SHAHD

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: arphaxad
and arphaxad ×5 arphaxad ×4
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Arphaxad — Standard modern spelling used in most contemporary Bible translations.
Arpachshad — Scholarly transliteration; preferred in academic and critical editions.
Arphachshad — Hybrid spelling balancing readability and transliteration accuracy.

BDB779 H775

BDB778 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB780

אַרְפַּכְשַׁד proper name, masculine 3rd son of Shem ׳א Gen 10:22; Gen 10:24; Gen 11:12; Gen 11:13; 1Chr 1:17; 1Chr 1:18; 1Chr 1:24 אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑ד Gen 11:10; Gen 11:11 doubtless a geographic name (derivation & meaning dubious, Thes derives from boundary (stem define, limit), compare also Ethiopic wall, + כשׁד = כֶּשֶׂד, i.e. Chaldean; so SchrCOT Gen 10:22 who identifies with Babylonia (compare Gen 11:12f. & אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים vGen 11:28 vGen 11:31); see another interpretations DlPa 255; according to most = Arrapachitis on Upper Zab, northeast from Nineveh, Assyrian Arba—a, Armen. Albak LagArmen. Stud. 55 & references so Bo MV, Di Gen 10:22 LagSy i. 54 NöZMG 1882, 182; but Assyrian Arba—a is unfavourable to this).

arphaxad
ʾarpakšad
I shall fail as the breast, he cursed the breast-bottle
Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by him
  • third son of Shem

שָֽׁלַח
שָֽׁלַח
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Shelah")
Dictionary form: שֶׁלַח · sheh-LA

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: shelah
salah ×4 and salah ×2 shelah ×2 and shelah ×1
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Shelah — Standard modern spelling in most contemporary Bible translations.
Salah — Alternate traditional spelling; used in some modern versions.
Sala — Greek/NT form; useful when harmonizing with New Testament genealogies.

BDB8708 H7974

BDB8707 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB8709

II. שֶׁ֫לַח proper name, masculine son of Arphachshad, Σαλα: ׳שׁ Gen 10:24 b Gen 11:13; Gen 11:14; Gen 11:15; 1Chr 1:18 b; שָׁ֑לַח Gen 10:24 a Gen 11:12; 1Chr 1:18a 1Chr 1:24.

salah, shelah
šelaḥ
sprout
Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarch
  • son of Arphaxad and father of Eber

The cantillation accents are the Masoretes' punctuation: each group below ends at a pausing accent. Translate a group as one unit.
שֵׁ֥ם אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד Tipeha — a lesser break שָֽׁלַח Silluq — end of the verse

שֵׁם׀ אַרְפַּכְשַׁד שָֽׁלַח׃
24
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Cross References

Genesis 11:10

אֵלֶּה תּֽוֹלְדֹת שֵׁם שֵׁם בֶּן-מְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת-אַרְפַּכְשָׁד שְׁנָתַיִם אַחַר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃
10
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

Luke 3:34

τοῦ Ἰακὼβ τοῦ Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ τοῦ Θάρα τοῦ Ναχὼρ
34
Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
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