1 Samuel 8:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

Young's Literal Translation
And the name of his first-born son is Joel, and the name of his second Abiah, judges in Beer-Sheba:

King James Bible
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.

Hebrew
The name
שֶׁם־ (šem-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of his firstborn
הַבְּכוֹר֙ (hab·bə·ḵō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1060: Firstborn, chief

son
בְּנ֤וֹ (bə·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

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

Joel,
יוֹאֵ֔ל (yō·w·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3100: Joel -- probably 'the LORD is God', the name of a number of Israelites

and the name
וְשֵׁ֥ם (wə·šêm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of his second
מִשְׁנֵ֖הוּ (miš·nê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4932: A repetition, a duplicate, a double, a second

was Abijah.
אֲבִיָּ֑ה (’ă·ḇî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 29: Abijah -- 'Yah is my father', an Israelite name

They were judges
שֹׁפְטִ֖ים (šō·p̄ə·ṭîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

in Beersheba.
שָֽׁבַע׃ (šā·ḇa‘)
Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 884: Beersheba -- 'well of seven', a place in the Negev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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