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
| # | 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...