1 Chronicles 27:1

“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.”

1 Chronicles 27:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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