and they were enrolled in the genealogyוּלְהִתְיַחֵשׂwith allבְּכָלtheir little ones,טַפָּםtheir wives,נְשֵׁיהֶםtheir sonsוּבְנֵיהֶםand their daughters,וּבְנוֹתֵיהֶםfor the wholeלְכָלassembly;קָהָלforכִּיin their faithfulnessבֶאֱמוּנָתָםthey sanctified themselvesיִתְקַדְּשׁוּin holiness.קֹדֶשׁ
2 Chronicles 31:18
Study it in the app“and they were enrolled in the genealogy with all their little ones, their wives, their sons and their daughters, for the whole assembly; for in their faithfulness they sanctified themselves in holiness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 31:18, word by word
- and they were enrolled in the genealogyהִתְיַחֵשׂhityaches
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 “hityaches” appears- their little onesטַפָּtapa
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “tapa” appears- their wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- their sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- and their daughtersבְנוֹתֵיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- assemblyקָהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- in their faithfulnessאֱמוּנָתָemunata
faithfulness
Being dependable, always keeping one's word, like YHWH.
Where else “emunata” appears- they sanctified themselvesיִתְקַדְּשׁוּyitkadshu
be holy
To be holy, set apart for God.
Where else “yitkadshu” appears- in holinessקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holiness
What belongs to God; what makes him set apart and pure.
Where else “kodesh” appears
The context
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;
18 · This verse (above)
19And for the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of the pasturelands of their cities, in every city there were men who had been designated by name to give portions to every male among the priests and to everyone enrolled in the genealogy among the Levites.