1 Chronicles 23:4

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1 Chronicles 23:4


← 1 Chronicles 23:3 1 Chronicles 23:4 (KJV) 1 Chronicles 23:5 →
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Of whichH428, twentyH6242 and fourH702 thousandH505 were to set forwardH5329 the workH4399 of the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068; and sixH8337 thousandH505 were officersH7860 and judgesH8199:


Original Hebrew

מֵאֵלֶּה לְנַצֵּחַ עַל־מְלֶאכֶת בֵּית־יְהוָה עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה אָלֶף וְשֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטִים שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
מֵ/אֵ֗לֶּה
me./'E.leh H428 HR/Pdxcp from/ these
לְ/נַצֵּ֨חַ֙
le./na.Tze.ach H5329 HR/Vpc (are) to/ act as overseers
עַל
'al- H5921 HR over
מְלֶ֣אכֶת
me.Le.khet H4399 HNcfsc (the) work of
בֵּית
beit- H1004 HNcmsc (the) house of
יְהוָ֔ה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp Yahweh
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
'es.Rim H6242 HAcbpa twenty
וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה
ve./'ar.ba.'Ah H702 HC/Acmsa and/ four
אָ֑לֶף
'A.lef H505 HAcbsa thousand
וְ/שֹׁטְרִ֥ים
ve./sho.te.Rim H7860 HC/Vqrmpa and/ officials
וְ/שֹׁפְטִ֖ים
ve./sho.fe.Tim H8199 HC/Vqrmpa and/ judges
שֵׁ֥שֶׁת
She.shet H8337 HAcmsc six
אֲלָפִֽים
'a.la.Fim H505 HAcbpa thousand(s)
Strong's References
  • H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל (ʼêl) H411; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
  • H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
  • H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה (ʼarbâʻâh); from רָבַע (râbaʻ) H7251; four; four.
  • H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה (bânâh) H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H4399 — מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw'): from the same as מֲלְאָךְ (mălʼâk) H4397; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor); business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
  • H5329 — נָצַח (nâtsach, naw-tsakh'): a primitive root; also as denominative from נֶצַח (netsach) H5331; properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent; excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
  • H6242 — עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, es-reem'): from עֶשֶׂר (ʻeser) H6235; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth; (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
  • H7860 — שֹׁטֵר (shôṭêr, sho-tare'): active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate; officer, overseer, ruler.
  • H8199 — שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, shaw-fat'): a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively); [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.
  • H8337 — שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, shaysh): masculine שִׁשָּׁה (shishshâh); a primitive number; compare שׂוּשׂ (sûws) H7797; six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth; six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל (ʻal) H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
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