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The fifth,הַחַמִישִׁיfor the fifthלַ הַחֲמִישִׁיmonth,חֹדֶשׁwas the commanderהַשַּׂרShamhuthשַׁמְהוּתthe Izrahite;הַיִּזְרָחand in his division,וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹtwenty-fourעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָהthousand.אָלֶף
1 Chronicles 27:8
Study it in the app“The fifth, for the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 27:8, word by word
- The fifthחַמִישִׁיchamishi
fifth
The one in fifth place in an order.
Where else “chamishi” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- was the commanderשַּׂרsar
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appears- Shamhuthשַׁמְהוּתshamhut
Shamhuth
Shamhuth: the commander of David's army for the fifth month.
Where else “shamhut” appears- the Izrahiteיִּזְרָחyizrach
Izrahite
Izrahite: the name of origin of Shamhuth, commander of the army for the fifth month; perhaps a descendant of Zerah.
Where else “yizrach” 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
7The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.
8 · This verse (above)
9The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.