The tenth,הָעֲשִׂירִיfor the tenthלַ הָעֲשִׂירִיmonth,חֹדֶשׁwas Maharaiמַהְרַיthe Netophathite,הַנְּטוֹפָתִיof the Zerahites;לַזַּרְחִיand in his division,וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹtwenty-fourעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָהthousand.אָלֶף
1 Chronicles 27:13
Study it in the app“The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 27:13, word by word
- The tenthעֲשִׂירִיasiri
tenth
The one in tenth place in a list.
Where else “asiri” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- was Maharaiמַהְרַיmahray
Maharai
Maharai the Netophathite, one of David's mighty men and commander of a division of the army (2 Samuel 23:28; 1 Chronicles 27:13).
Where else “mahray” appears- the Netophathiteנְּטוֹפָתִיnetofati
Netophathite
Netophathite: a native of Netophah, a town near Bethlehem. Several of David's mighty men are called this.
Where else “netofati” appears- of the Zerahitesזַּרְחִיzarchi
Zerahite
Zerahite: a descendant of Zerah.
Where else “zarchi” appears- and in his divisionמַחֲלֻקְתּmachalukt
division
Division: each of the parts into which a group is divided.
Where else “machalukt” appears- twenty-fourעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- twenty-fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- thousandאָלֶףalef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appears
The context
12The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjaminites; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.
13 · This verse (above)
14The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.