Hebrew Interlinear

1 Chronicles 23:4 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 1 Chronicles 23:4, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

Of which were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD twenty and four thousand were officers and judges and six thousand

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1מֵאֵ֗לֶּהH428Of whichthese or those
2לְנַצֵּ֙חַ֙H5329were to set forwardproperly, to glitter from afar, i.e., to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the temple services and its music); to be permanent
3עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4מְלֶ֣אכֶתH4399the workproperly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
5בֵּיתH1004of the housea house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
6יְהוָ֔הH3068of the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
7עֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242twentytwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
8וְאַרְבָּעָ֖הH702and fourfour
9אֲלָפִֽים׃H505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
10וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֥יםH7860were officersproperly, a scribe, i.e., (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
11וְשֹֽׁפְטִ֖יםH8199and judgesto judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
12שֵׁ֥שֶׁתH8337and sixsix (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
13אֲלָפִֽים׃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 23:3were numbered Now the Levites from the age of thirty years and upward...
1 Chronicles 23:4 (current)Of which were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD twenty and four thousand were officers and judges and six thousand
1 Chronicles 23:5Moreover four thousand were porters Moreover four thousand praised...

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