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The sixth,הַשִּׁשִּׁיfor the sixthלַ הַשִּׁשִּׁיmonth,חֹדֶשׁwas Iraעִירָאsonבֶןof Ikkeshעִקֵּשׁthe Tekoite;הַתְּקוֹעִיand in his division,וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹtwenty-fourעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָהthousand.אָלֶף
1 Chronicles 27:9
Study it in the app“The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 27:9, word by word
- The sixthשִּׁשִּׁיshishi
sixth
Sixth; a sixth part.
Where else “shishi” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- was Iraעִירָאira
Ira
Ira, the name of three men of David's time: Ira the Jairite, David's priest (2 Samuel 20:26), and two of his mighty men, Ira son of Ikkesh of Tekoa and Ira the Ithrite (2 Samuel 23:26, 38).
Where else “ira” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Ikkeshעִקֵּשׁikesh
Ikkesh
Ikkesh, a man of Tekoa, father of Ira, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:26). The name means "crooked".
Where else “ikesh” appears- the Tekoiteתְּקוֹעִיtekoi
Tekoite
Tekoite: a person from Tekoa.
Where else “tekoi” 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
8The fifth, for the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.
9 · This verse (above)
10The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.