Hebrew Interlinear

1 Chronicles 23:3 Interlinear

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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙H5608were numberedproperly, 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
2הַלְוִיִּ֔םH3881Now the Levitesa levite or descendant of levi
3מִבֶּ֛ןH1121from the agea son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
4שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםH7970of thirtythirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
5שָׁנָ֖הH8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
6וָמָ֑עְלָהH4605and upwardproperly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
7וַיְהִ֨יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8מִסְפָּרָ֤םH4557and their numbera number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
9לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם֙H1538by their pollsa skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)
10לִגְבָרִ֔יםH1397man by manproperly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
11שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםH7970of thirtythirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
12וּשְׁמוֹנָ֖הH8083and eighta cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
13אָֽלֶף׃H505thousandhence (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...

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