1 Chronicles 26:8

“All these were of the sons of Obed-edom; they and their sons and their brothers, capable men with strength for the service: sixty-two of Obed-edom.”

1 Chronicles 26:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Chronicles 26:8, word by word

were of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of Obed-edomעֹבֵדoved

Obed-edom

Obed-edom, the name of several men. The best known is the Gittite in whose house the ark stayed three months (2 Samuel 6:10-12). It means "servant of Edom".

Where else “oved” appears
and their brothersאֲחֵיache

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

Where else “ache” appears
capable menאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
capable menחַיִלchayil

valor

Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.

Where else “chayil” appears
with strengthכֹּחַkoach

strength

Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.

Where else “koach” appears
for the serviceעֲבֹדָהavoda

service

The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.

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sixty-twoשִׁשִּׁיםshishim

sixty

Sixty.

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sixty-twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

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The context

7The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, his brothers, capable men; Elihu and Semachiah.

8 · This verse (above)

9Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, capable men, eighteen.

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