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These,אֵלֶּהof the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Gad,גָדwereheadsרָאשֵׁיof the army:הַצָּבָאthe least,הַקָּטָןoneאֶחָדfor a hundred,לְמֵאָהand the greatest,וְהַגָּדוֹלfor a thousand.לְאָלֶף
1 Chronicles 12:14
Study it in the app“These, of the sons of Gad, were heads of the army: the least, one for a hundred, and the greatest, for a thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 12:14, word by word
- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Gadגָדgad
Gad
Gad, (1) a son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the tribe that came from him with its land; (2) the prophet who was with David. The name means "good fortune".
Where else “gad” appears- headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the armyצָּבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears- the leastקָּטָןkatan
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katan” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- for a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- and the greatestגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- for a thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears
Translation note
It can be understood that the least was worth a hundred men and the greatest a thousand, or that they commanded a hundred and a thousand.
The context
13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
14 · This verse (above)
15These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks; and they put to flight all those of the valleys, to the east and to the west.