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
| # | 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...