Hebrew Interlinear

1 Chronicles 15:12 Interlinear

And said unto them Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites sanctify yourselves both ye and your brethren that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559And saidto say (used with great latitude)
2לָהֶ֔םH0
3אַתֶּ֛םH859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
4רָאשֵׁ֥יH7218unto them Ye are the chiefthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
5הָֽאָב֖וֹתH1of the fathersfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
6לַלְוִיִּ֑םH3881of the Levitesa levite or descendant of levi
7הִֽתְקַדְּשׁוּ֙H6942sanctifyto be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
8אַתֶּ֣םH859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
9וַֽאֲחֵיכֶ֔םH251yourselves both ye and your brethrena brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
10וְהַֽעֲלִיתֶ֗םH5927that ye may bring upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
11אֵ֣תH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
12אֲר֤וֹןH727the arka box
13יְהוָה֙H3068of the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
14אֱלֹהֵ֣יH430Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
15יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
16אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
17הֲכִינ֖וֹתִיH3559unto the place that I have preparedproperly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
18לֽוֹ׃H0

Verse Context

1 Chronicles 15:11called And David for Zadok and Abiathar the priests and for the Levites...
1 Chronicles 15:12 (current)And said unto them Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites sanctify yourselves both ye and your brethren that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared
1 Chronicles 15:13 For because ye did it not at the first made a breach the LORD...

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