Forכִּיby the lastהָאַחֲרֹנִיםwordsבְדִבְרֵיof Davidדָוִידtheseהֵמָּהwere the numberמִסְפַּרof the sonsבְּנֵיof Levi,לֵוִיfrom twenty years oldמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָהand upward.וּלְמָעְלָה
1 Chronicles 23:27
Study it in the app“For by the last words of David these were the number of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and upward.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 23:27, word by word
- by the lastאַחֲרֹנִיםacharonim
last
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharonim” appears- wordsדִבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of Davidדָוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- were the numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Leviלֵוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appears- from twenty years oldעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- from twenty years oldשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- and upwardמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears
The context
26And also the Levites do not have to carry the dwelling or any of its utensils for its service.”
27 · This verse (above)
28For their post was at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of YHWH, over the courts and over the chambers, and over the purification of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of Elohim,