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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | מֵאֵ֗לֶּה | H428 | Of which | these or those |
| 2 | לְנַצֵּ֙חַ֙ | H5329 | were to set forward | properly, to glitter from afar, i.e., to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the temple services and its music); to be permanent |
| 3 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 4 | מְלֶ֣אכֶת | H4399 | the work | properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor) |
| 5 | בֵּית | H1004 | of the house | a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) |
| 6 | יְהוָ֔ה | H3068 | of the LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 7 | עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | H6242 | twenty | twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth |
| 8 | וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה | H702 | and four | four |
| 9 | אֲלָפִֽים׃ | H505 | thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
| 10 | וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֥ים | H7860 | were officers | properly, a scribe, i.e., (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate |
| 11 | וְשֹֽׁפְטִ֖ים | H8199 | and judges | to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal |
| 12 | שֵׁ֥שֶׁת | H8337 | and six | six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth |
| 13 | אֲלָפִֽים׃ | 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 23:3were 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...