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He was ofמִןthe sonsבְּנֵיof Perez,פֶרֶץthe headהָרֹאשׁof allלְכָלthe commandersשָׂרֵיof the armiesהַצְּבָאוֹתfor the firstלַ הָרִאשׁוֹןmonth.חֹדֶשׁ
1 Chronicles 27:3
Study it in the app“He was of the sons of Perez, the head of all the commanders of the armies for the first month.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 27:3, word by word
- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Perezפֶרֶץferets
Perez
Perez, "breach": a son of Judah and Tamar, ancestor of King David.
Where else “ferets” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- the commandersשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of the armiesצְּבָאוֹתtsevaot
army
An army.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- for the firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears
The context
2Over the first division, for the first month, was Jashobeam son of Zabdiel; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.
3 · This verse (above)
4Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his division and Mikloth the leader; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.