King James Version
1 Chronicles 2:26 in the King James Version says “Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.”
1 Chronicles 2:26 · KJV
And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“whose name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“she was the mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
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