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They castוַיַּפִּילוּlotsגּוֹרָלוֹתfor their charge,מִשְׁמֶרֶתalike,לְעֻמַּתthe smallכַּקָּטֹןas the great,כַּגָּדוֹלthe skilledמֵבִיןwithעִםthe pupil.תַּלְמִיד
1 Chronicles 25:8
Study it in the app“They cast lots for their charge, alike, the small as the great, the skilled with the pupil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 25:8, word by word
- They castיַּפִּילוּyapilu
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “yapilu” appears- lotsגּוֹרָלוֹתgoralot
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goralot” appears- for their chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmeret
charge
What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.
Where else “mishmeret” appears- alikeעֻמַּתumat
alongside, close to
Beside, along with, close to.
Where else “umat” appears- the smallקָּטֹןkaton
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appears- as the greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- the skilledמֵבִיןmevin
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “mevin” appears- the pupilתַּלְמִידtalmid
pupil
Pupil: one who learns from a teacher. The word appears only here in the Old Testament.
Where else “talmid” appears
The context
7Their number with their brothers, trained in song for YHWH, all the skilled, was two hundred eighty- eight.
8 · This verse (above)
9The first lot, of Asaph, came out for Joseph; Gedaliah the second, he and his brothers and his sons, twelve;