Overוְעַלthe divisionמַחֲלֹקֶתof the secondהַ הַשֵּׁנִיmonthחֹדֶשׁwas Dodaiדּוֹדַיthe Ahohite,הָאֲחוֹחִיand his divisionוּמַחֲלֻקְתּוֹand Miklothוּמִקְלוֹתthe leader;הַנָּגִידand in his division,וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹtwenty-fourעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָהthousand.אָלֶף
1 Chronicles 27:4
Study it in the app“Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his division and Mikloth the leader; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 27:4, word by word
- the divisionמַחֲלֹקֶתmachaloket
division
Division: each of the parts into which a group is divided.
Where else “machaloket” appears- of the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- was Dodaiדּוֹדַיdoday
Dodai
Dodai: a commander of David's army, the Ahohite; he may be the same Dodo of 11:12.
Where else “doday” appears- the Ahohiteאֲחוֹחִיachochi
Ahohite
Ahohite: a descendant of Ahoah, of the tribe of Benjamin. Several of David's mighty men are called this (Eleazar son of Dodo, Zalmon).
Where else “achochi” appears- and Miklothמִקְלוֹתmiklot
Mikloth
Mikloth: the name of two Israelites: one of Benjamin, at Gibeon, and an officer of David.
Where else “miklot” appears- the leaderנָּגִידnagid
leader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “nagid” 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
Translation note
The Hebrew is difficult in the middle of the verse; word for word it says, “Dodai the Ahohite and his division and Mikloth the leader.”
The context
3He was of the sons of Perez, the head of all the commanders of the armies for the first month.
4 · This verse (above)
5The third commander of the army, for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest, as head; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.