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Of these,מֵאֵלֶּהtwenty-fourעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָהthousandאָלֶףwere to directלְנַצֵּחַthe workעַל מְלֶאכֶתof the houseבֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהand sixוְ שֵׁשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםwere supervisorsשֹׁטְרִיםand judges,וְשֹׁפְטִים
1 Chronicles 23:4
Study it in the app“Of these, twenty-four thousand were to direct the work of the house of YHWH, and six thousand were supervisors and judges,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 23:4, word by word
- twenty-fourעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- twenty-fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears- were to directנַצֵּחַnatseach
direct
To take charge of directing a work or the singing and music of the psalms.
Where else “natseach” appears- the workמְלֶאכֶתmelechet
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melechet” appears- of the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and sixשֵׁשֶׁתsheshet
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “sheshet” appears- were supervisorsשֹׁטְרִיםshotrim
supervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotrim” appears- and judgesשֹׁפְטִיםshoftim
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shoftim” appears
The context
3The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward, and their number head by head, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
4 · This verse (above)
5and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand praising YHWH with the instruments that I made for praising.