2 Chronicles 31:16

“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.”

2 Chronicles 31:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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according to their divisionsמַחְלְקוֹתֵיmachlkote

division

Division: each of the parts into which a group is divided.

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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;

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