Ephlal = "intercessor"

1. a descendant of Pharez

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Zabad = "he endows"

1. a descendant of Judah; son of Nathan, grandson of Attai, great grandson of Ahlai Sheshan's daughter

2. son of Tahath

3. one of David's mighty warriors (could be the same as 1 above)

4. son of Shimeath, an Ammonitess; a conspirator against and, with Jehozabad, the murderer of Joash (also called 'Jozachar')

5. one of the sons of Zattu, who put away his foreign wife at the command of Ezra

6. one of the descendants of Hashum, who, in the time of Ezra, had a foreign wife

7. one of the sons of Nebo, who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail

1. (Qal)

   1. to bear, bring forth

      1. of child birth

      2. of distress (simile)

      3. of wicked (behaviour)

   2. to beget

2. (Niphal) to be born

3. (Piel)

   1. to cause or help to bring forth

   2. to assist or tend as a midwife

   3. midwife (participle)

4. (Pual) to be born

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to beget (a child)

   2. to bear (fig. - of wicked bringing forth iniquity)

6. (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)

7. (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

Obed = "serving"

1. son of Boaz by Ruth and the grandfather of David

2. a Judaite, a descendant of Jarha, the Egyptian slave of Sheshan, in the line of Jerahmeel

3. a Judaite, father of Azariah, one of the captains of hundreds who joined with Jehoiada in the revolution by which Athaliah fell

4. one of David's mighty warriors

5. son of Shemaiah and a gatekeeper of the temple