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1 Chronicles 2:13

“And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יִשַׁיYishay · yee-shah'-ee
H3448 · Hebrew

Definition: Jishai, David's father
Derivation: by Aramaic אִישַׁי; from the same as H3426 (יֵשׁ); extant;
KJV renderings: Jesse.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
אִישַׁ֛י — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage: Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ruth 4:17 Ruth 4:22 Ruth 4:22 1 Samuel 16:1 1 Samuel 16:3

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יִשַׁי here.

Verse 12 Verse 14

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.