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Overעַלthe firstהָרִאשׁוֹנָהdivision,הַמַּחֲלֹקֶתfor the firstלַ הָרִאשׁוֹןmonth,חֹדֶשׁwas Jashobeamיָשָׁבְעָםsonבֶּןof Zabdiel;זַבְדִּיאֵלand in his division,וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹtwenty-fourעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָהthousand.אָלֶף
1 Chronicles 27:2
Study it in the app“Over the first division, for the first month, was Jashobeam son of Zabdiel; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 27:2, word by word
- the firstרִאשׁוֹנָהrishona
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appears- divisionמַּחֲלֹקֶתmachaloket
division
Division: each of the parts into which a group is divided.
Where else “machaloket” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- was Jashobeamיָשָׁבְעָםyashavam
Jashobeam
Jashobeam: the name of the first of David's mighty men and of other warriors who joined David (1 Chronicles 12:6; 27:2). The name means "the people will return."
Where else “yashavam” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Zabdielזַבְדִּיאֵלzavdiel
Zabdiel
Zabdiel: the name of two Israelites: the father of Jashobeam (1 Chronicles 27:2) and a chief of the priests in Nehemiah's time (Nehemiah 11:14). The name means "gift of God."
Where else “zavdiel” 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
1The 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3He was of the sons of Perez, the head of all the commanders of the armies for the first month.