Study it in the app“Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, capable men, one thousand seven hundred, were over the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the work of YHWH and for the service of the king.”
Of the Hebronites,לַחֶבְרוֹנִיHashabiahחֲשַׁבְיָהוּand his brothers,וְאֶחָיוcapable men,בְּנֵי חַיִלone thousandאֶלֶףseven hundred,וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹתwere overעַלthe oversightפְּקֻדַּתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלbeyondמֵעֵבֶרthe Jordanלַיַּרְדֵּןwestward,מַעְרָבָהfor allלְכֹלthe workמְלֶאכֶתof YHWHיְהוָהand for the serviceוְלַעֲבֹדַתof the king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
Hebronite
Hebronite: a descendant of Hebron, of the Levite family of Kohath.
Where else “chevroni” appearsHashabiah
Hashabiah: name of several Israelites, almost all Levites. It means "YHWH has taken account."
Where else “chashavyahu” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsvalor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appearsoversight
A charge, responsibility for something.
Where else “pekudat” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearswest
West: the side where the sun sets.
Where else “marava” appearswork
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melechet” appearsYHWH
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” appearsservice
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
29Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outside work over Israel, as supervisors and judges.
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31Of the Hebronites, Jeriah was the head, of the Hebronites according to their generations by fathers’ houses. In the year forty of the reign of David they were searched out, and there were found among them very capable men at Jazer of Gilead.
