1 Chronicles 4:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Jabez is honoured above his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, ‘Because I have brought forth with grief.’

King James Bible
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

Hebrew
Now Jabez
יַעְבֵּ֔ץ (ya‘·bêṣ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3258: Jabez -- a descendant of Judah, also a place in Judah

was
וַיְהִ֣י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

more honorable
נִכְבָּ֖ד (niḵ·bāḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

than his brothers.
מֵאֶחָ֑יו (mê·’e·ḥāw)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

His mother
וְאִמּ֗וֹ (wə·’im·mōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

had named
קָרְאָ֨ה (qā·rə·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

him Jabez,
יַעְבֵּץ֙ (ya‘·bêṣ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3258: Jabez -- a descendant of Judah, also a place in Judah

saying,
לֵאמֹ֔ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I bore [him]
יָלַ֖דְתִּי (yā·laḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

in pain.”
בְּעֹֽצֶב׃ (bə·‘ō·ṣeḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6090: An idol, pain

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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