1 Chronicles 12:32

“and of the sons of Issachar, who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel should do, their heads, two hundred, and all their brothers at their command;”

1 Chronicles 12:32 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Chronicles 12:32, word by word

the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of Issacharיִשָּׂשכָרyisashchar

Issachar

Issachar, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "wages".

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who hadיוֹדְעֵיyode

know

To know something, realize.

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understandingבִינָהvina

understanding

Understanding: the ability to comprehend and to tell one thing from another.

Where else “vina” appears
of the timesעִתִּיםitim

times

What a person lives through in his time.

Where else “itim” appears
Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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should doיַּעֲשֶׂהyaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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their headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

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two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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their brothersאֲחֵיache

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

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their commandפִּיpi

command

Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.

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The context

31and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, who were designated by name to come to make David king;

32 · This verse (above)

33of Zebulun, those going out to the army, ready for war with all the weapons of war, fifty thousand, and to form ranks without duplicity of heart;

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