1st Chronicles Chapter 1 verse 4 Holy Bible
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Shem, Ham, and Japheth.--There is no doubt that Ham means black, or sunburnt, and Japheth (Heb., Yepheth) is probably the fair-skinned. Shem has been compared with an Assyrian word meaning brownish (sa'mu). Thus the three names appear to allude to differences of racial complexion.1Chronicles 1:5-23 are an abridgment of Genesis 10. The proper names represent, not persons, but peoples and countries. By adding them all together, the old Jewish interpreters made a total of seventy nations for the world. The list is a classified summary of the ethnical and geographical knowledge of Hebrew antiquity.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe sons of Noah:נֹ֥חַ (nō·aḥ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 5146: Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the floodShem,שֵׁ֖ם (šêm)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 8035: Shem -- 'name', oldest son of NoahHam,חָ֥ם (ḥām)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 2526: Ham -- a son of Noah, also his descendants, also a name for Egyptiansand Japheth.וָיָֽפֶת׃ (wā·yā·p̄eṯ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3315: Japheth -- a son of NoahJump to PreviousHam Japheth Noah Shem
