Hebrew Interlinear

1 Chronicles 23:4 Interlinear

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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