Hebrew Interlinear
1 Chronicles 23:3 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 1 Chronicles 23:3, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“were numbered Now the Levites from the age of thirty years and upward and their number by their polls man by man of thirty and eight thousand”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙ | H5608 | were numbered | properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra |
| 2 | הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | H3881 | Now the Levites | a levite or descendant of levi |
| 3 | מִבֶּ֛ן | H1121 | from the age | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 4 | שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | H7970 | of thirty | thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth |
| 5 | שָׁנָ֖ה | H8141 | years | a year (as a revolution of time) |
| 6 | וָמָ֑עְלָה | H4605 | and upward | properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc |
| 7 | וַיְהִ֨י | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 8 | מִסְפָּרָ֤ם | H4557 | and their number | a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration |
| 9 | לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם֙ | H1538 | by their polls | a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons) |
| 10 | לִגְבָרִ֔ים | H1397 | man by man | properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply |
| 11 | שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | H7970 | of thirty | thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth |
| 12 | וּשְׁמוֹנָ֖ה | H8083 | and eight | a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth |
| 13 | אָֽלֶף׃ | H505 | thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
Verse Context
1 Chronicles 23:2And he gathered together all the princes of Israel with the priests...
1 Chronicles 23:3 (current)were numbered Now the Levites from the age of thirty years and upward and their number by their polls man by man of thirty and eight thousand
1 Chronicles 23:4Of which were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD...