apart fromמִלְּבַדtheir genealogical recordהִתְיַחְשָׂםof malesלִזְכָרִיםfromמִthreeשָׁלוֹשׁyears oldבֶּן שָׁנִיםand upward,וּלְמַעְלָהto everyoneלְכָלwho enteredהַבָּאthe houseלְבֵיתof YHWH,יְהוָהaccording to the matterלִדְבַרof each day,יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹfor their serviceלַעֲבוֹדָתָםin their watchesבְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתָםaccording to their divisions.כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶם
2 Chronicles 31:16
Study it in the app“apart from their genealogical record of males from three years old and upward, to everyone who entered the house of YHWH, according to the matter of each day, for their service in their watches according to their divisions.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 31:16, word by word
- apart fromבַדvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- their genealogical recordהִתְיַחְשָׂhityachsa
enroll in a genealogy
Enroll in the genealogy: record someone in the list of his family according to his ancestors. These lists showed to which tribe and family each person belonged.
Where else “hityachsa” appears- of malesזְכָרִיםzecharim
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zecharim” appears- threeשָׁלוֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- years oldבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- years oldשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- and upwardמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- who enteredבָּאba
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appears- the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- according to the matterדְבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- of each dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- for their serviceעֲבוֹדָתָavodata
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodata” appears- in their watchesמִשְׁמְרוֹתָmishmrota
watch
A group of men who keep watch or serve in turns.
Where else “mishmrota” appears- according to their divisionsמַחְלְקוֹתֵיmachlkote
division
Division: each of the parts into which a group is divided.
Where else “machlkote” appears
Translation note
Verses 16-19 are difficult in Hebrew. They explain to whom the portions were distributed: to those who served in the house, to the registered priests and Levites, to their families, and to those who lived outside Jerusalem.
The context
15Beside him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, with faithfulness to give to their brothers by divisions, to great and small alike,
16 · This verse (above)
17And the genealogical record of the priests was by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, by their watches, in their divisions;