Study it in the app“The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.”
The fourth,הָרְבִיעִיfor the fourthלַ הָרְבִיעִיmonth,חֹדֶשׁwas Asahelעֲשָׂה אֵלthe brotherאֲחִיof Joab,יוֹאָבand Zebadiahוּזְבַדְיָהhis sonבְנוֹafter him;אַחֲרָיוand in his division,וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹtwenty-fourעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָהthousand.אָלֶף
fourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “revii” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsAsahel
Asahel, the name of several men. The best known is the son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab and Abishai, very swift of foot, whom Abner killed (2 Samuel 2:18-23). It means "God has made".
Where else “asa” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsJoab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appearsZebadiah
Zebadiah: name of several Israelites. It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “zevadya” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsdivision
Division: each of the parts into which a group is divided.
Where else “machalukt” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alef” appearsAsahel died before David reigned over all Israel (2 Samuel 2:23); the verse names his son after him.
6This is Benaiah, a mighty man of the thirty and over the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son.
7 · This verse (above)
8The fifth, for the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.
