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They castוַיַּפִּילוּlots,גוֹרָלוֹתthe smallכַּקָּטֹןas the great,כַּגָּדוֹלby their fathers’ houses,לְבֵית אֲבוֹתָםgate by gate.לְשַׁעַר וָשָׁעַר
1 Chronicles 26:13
Study it in the app“They cast lots, the small as the great, by their fathers’ houses, gate by gate.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 26:13, word by word
- They castיַּפִּילוּyapilu
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “yapilu” appears- lotsגוֹרָלוֹתgoralot
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goralot” 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- by their fathers’ housesבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- by their fathers’ housesאֲבוֹתָavota
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avota” appears- gate by gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears
The context
12These divisions of the gatekeepers, by the heads of the men, had charges just as their brothers, to minister in the house of YHWH.
13 · This verse (above)
14The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. For Zechariah his son, a counselor with discretion, they cast lots, and his lot came out for the north.