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Their numberמִסְפָּרָםwithעִםtheir brothers,אֲחֵיהֶםtrainedמְלֻמְּדֵיin songשִׁירfor YHWH,לַיהוָהallכָּלthe skilled,הַמֵּבִיןwasוַיְהִיtwo hundredמָאתַיִםeighty-שְׁמוֹנִיםeight.וּשְׁמוֹנָה
1 Chronicles 25:7
Study it in the app“Their number with their brothers, trained in song for YHWH, all the skilled, was two hundred eighty- eight.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 25:7, word by word
- Their numberמִסְפָּרָmispara
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispara” appears- their brothersאֲחֵיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- trainedמְלֻמְּדֵיmelumde
learn
To receive teaching until one knows or masters it.
Where else “melumde” appears- in songשִׁירshir
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appears- for YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- the skilledמֵּבִיןmevin
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “mevin” appears- wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears- eighty-שְׁמוֹנִיםshemonim
eighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appears- eightשְׁמוֹנָהshemona
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemona” appears
The context
6All these were under the direction of their father in the song of the house of YHWH, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of Elohim, under the direction of the king: Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 · This verse (above)
8They cast lots for their charge, alike, the small as the great, the skilled with the pupil.