1 Chronicles 7:34

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

The sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

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2 first appearances in the Hebrew Bible

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אֲחִ֥י

ʼĂchîy

H277

“Ahi”

Noun, Proper

Appears 2× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at 1 Chronicles 5:15

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H251

TWOT: None

Ahi = "my brother" - a head of the families of Gad - an Asherite

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

8: words
6: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is אֲחִ֥י Ahi H277 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

These words make their first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

ורוהגה Rohgah H7303
יחבה Jehubbah H3160

Shared distinctive vocabulary

אֲחִ֥י Ahi H277 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

1 Chronicles 5:15

Grammatical profile

8 nouns

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

ורוהגה Rohgah H7303 ×2
יחבה Jehubbah H3160 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 10 words from the Hebrew and 12 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 8 Hebrew tokens and 8 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew 1 Chronicles 7:34 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּבְנֵ֖י שָׁ֑מֶר אֲחִ֥י ורוהגה וְרָהְגָּ֖ה יחבה וְחֻבָּ֥ה וַאֲרָֽם

The sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Chronicles 7:34 Septuagint · lemma form

καί υἱός σεμμηρ αχιουραογα καί οβα καί αραμ

And the sons of Semmer; Achir, and Rooga, and Jaba, and Aram.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 1 Chronicles 7:34 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(34) Shamer (pausai form of Shemer) probably identical with Shomer, the second son of Heber (1Ch_7:32).

Jehubbah.—Heb. margin has we-Hubbah, “and Hubbah,” which is correct according to the prevailing form of this list (and before each name).

Aram is the ordinary name of the Syrians east and west of the Euphrates. It may here designate a clan of half -Aramean extraction.

(35–39) And the sons of his brother Helem.—Apparently the offshoots of Helem, “brother” of Sheraer-Shomer. If we construe brother in the strict sense, we must assume that Helem is the same as Hotham (1Ch_7:32), and that one or the other name is corrupt. But Helem may be the name of another chief house of Asher not directly connected with that of Heber. The brotherhood then would be that of the tribe, not of the clan or family.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

34, 35. Shamer … Helem] Read perhaps Shomer … Hotham, to agree with 1Ch_7:32. In 1Ch_7:35 for son read sons (as R.V.).

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah - Translate as: “The sons of Shamer 1Ch 7:32, his brother, Rohgah, etc.”

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Aram. Add, "and Helem," (Calmet) unless Helem was the first-born (ver. 35) of Ahi, which signifies "brother." Perhaps Helem was brother of Somer, called Hotham, ver. 32.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The Pulpit Commentary

Vers. 34, 35. Ahi. It seems impossible to decide with certainty whether this is the name of a person or whether, with the vau, which otherwise begins the next word, it should not be translated "his brother," ie. the brother of Japhlet. In ver. 32 the names of three brothers are given, sons of Heber, viz. Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. Now, the name Helem, in ver. 35, is supposed to point to this Hotham. If it be so, it would so far be an argument that Ahi, in ver. 34, should be translated "his brother," in correspondence with the undoubted "his brother" of ver. 35. Of no one of the names in these verses is anything further known.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 8 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼĂchîy (“Ahi”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Ahi” (ʼĂchîy) contribute to the verse as a whole?
2 words make their first appearance in Scripture here. What does this debut establish?
How does 1 Chronicles 5:15, which shares the word «Ahi», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “Rohgah” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

2 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
This verse counts 8 Hebrew ↔ 8 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 4 words in this verse.
“Rohgah” occurs 2× in this single verse.
6 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.