Study it in the app“and his brothers, heads of fathers’ houses: two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,”
and his brothers,וְאֶחָיוheadsרָאשִׁיםof fathers’ houses:לְאָבוֹתtwo hundred forty-two;מָאתַיִם אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁנָיִםand Amashsaiוַעֲמַשְׁסַיsonבֶּןof Azarel,עֲזַרְאֵלsonבֶּןof Ahzai,אַחְזַיsonבֶּןof Meshillemoth,מְשִׁלֵּמוֹתsonבֶּןof Immer,אִמֵּר
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “echay” appearschief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashim” appearshead of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avot” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appearsAmashsai
Amashsai: the name of a priest, son of Azarel, who lived in Jerusalem.
Where else “amashsay” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsAzarel
Azarel: the name of several Israelites. The name means "God has helped."
Where else “azarel” appearsAhzai
Ahzai: the name of an ancestor of the priest Amashsai.
Where else “achzay” appearsMeshillemoth
Meshillemoth: name of two men: the father of Berechiah, one of the heads of Ephraim, and a priest of Nehemiah's time.
Where else “meshilemot” appearsImmer
Immer: the name of several Israelites; the chief one is the ancestor of a family of priests.
Where else “imer” appears12and their brothers who did the work of the house: eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah,
13 · This verse (above)
14and their brothers, mighty warriors: one hundred twenty-eight; and the one appointed over them was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
