The sonsוּבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלaccording to their number,לְמִסְפָּרָםthe headsרָאשֵׁיof the fathers’ housesהָאָבוֹתand the commandersוְשָׂרֵיof thousandsהָאֲלָפִיםand of hundreds,וְהַמֵּאוֹתand their supervisors,וְשֹׁטְרֵיהֶםwho ministeredהַמְשָׁרְתִיםto the kingאֶת הַמֶּלֶךְin everyלְכֹלmatterדְּבַרof the divisionsהַמַּחְלְקוֹתthat came inהַבָּאָהand went outוְהַיֹּצֵאתmonthחֹדֶשׁby monthבְּחֹדֶשׁthroughout allלְכֹלthe monthsחָדְשֵׁיof the year:הַשָּׁנָהeachהָאַחַתdivisionהַמַּחֲלֹקֶתwas twenty-fourעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָהthousand.אָלֶף
1 Chronicles 27:1
Study it in the app“The sons of Israel according to their number, the heads of the fathers’ houses and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their supervisors, who ministered to the king in every matter of the divisions that came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year: each division was twenty-four thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 27:1, word by word
- The sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- according to their numberמִסְפָּרָmispara
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispara” appears- the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the fathers’ housesאָבוֹתavot
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avot” appears- and the commandersשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of thousandsאֲלָפִיםalafim
division
A large unit of the army or a tribe, led by a chief.
Where else “alafim” appears- and of hundredsמֵּאוֹתmeot
captain of hundred
Leaders of groups of 100 soldiers.
Where else “meot” appears- and their supervisorsשֹׁטְרֵיshotre
supervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotre” appears- who ministeredמְשָׁרְתִיםmeshartim
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “meshartim” appears- to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- matterדְּבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- of the divisionsמַּחְלְקוֹתmachlkot
division
Division: each of the parts into which a group is divided.
Where else “machlkot” appears- that came inבָּאָהbaa
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “baa” appears- and went outיֹּצֵאתyotset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotset” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- of the yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- eachאַחַתachat
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “achat” appears- was twenty-fourעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- was twenty-fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Over the first division, for the first month, was Jashobeam son of Zabdiel; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.