What Does 1 Chronicles 7:25 Mean?
And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
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And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,THE KEY
The repeated “his son” gives these names structure: each is held in kinship rather than left as an isolated entry.
THE MEANING
You meet continuity here through particular names and the relationships that connect them. The repeated “his son” makes those ties visible, while each person keeps a distinct name. The line is carried through both relationship and identity.
THE ROOT
בֵּן
ben
GROWS FROM
בנה
בָּנָה (banah) means to build. בן (ben, son) is traditionally associated with this root as one who builds or extends a family, though that connection is not certain.
The Hebrew word for “son” can carry an image of building a household or extending a line. That association gives the repeated “his son” a structural resonance: the names are linked in a family taking shape.
ALSO GROWS
banah: Build, establish.
בָּנָה
This is the root verb; its sense of building adds a possible family-building dimension to the repeated word “son.”
binyan: Building, structure.
בִּנְיָן
This related noun gives the lineage an image of structure, formed through named relationships.
THE PATTERN
A lineage becomes legible through names connected by relationships across generations.
And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and brought forth a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth.Now these are the births of Perez. Perez brought forth Hezron.The book of the origin of Jesus, the anointed one, son of David, son of Abraham.THE THREAD
And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and brought forth a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth.Genesis uses the same Hebrew word, בֵּן (ben, son), and adds that Seth bears Adam’s likeness. The shared word opens this genealogy further: sonship marks a relation that carries a line forward while the name remains distinct.
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