esh.ton is a proper name borne by a man named as Mehir’s father and as the father of three descendants.

The attested use is a personal name in a genealogical sequence: the named individual is identified as Mehir’s father in 1 Chronicles 4:11 and as the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah in 1 Chronicles 4:12.

1. Personal name in a genealogy · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper in both verses. In 1 Chronicles 4:11 the APB renders the genealogy, “Chelub brother of Shuhah begot Mehir; he was the father of Eshton,” and in 1 Chronicles 4:12 it continues, “Eshton begot Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash.”

   1 Chronicles 4:111 Chronicles 4:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name directly as “Eshton” in both genealogical clauses, first as Mehir’s father and then as the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. The verse is read as a whole, but the proper-name morphology and the clauses identify the same named person.