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He gatheredוַיֶּאֱסֹףallאֶת כָּלthe officialsשָׂרֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand the priestsוְהַכֹּהֲנִיםand the Levites.וְהַלְוִיִּם
1 Chronicles 23:2
Study it in the app“He gathered all the officials of Israel and the priests and the Levites.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 23:2, word by word
- He gatheredיֶּאֱסֹףyeesof
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeesof” appears- the officialsשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- and the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears
The context
1When David was old and satisfied with days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 · This verse (above)
3The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward, and their number head by head, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.