The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 12:28 Explained

1 Chronicles 12:28

KJV: And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.

YLT: and Zadok, a young man, mighty of valour, and of the house of his father are twenty and two heads.

Darby: and Zadok, a valiant young man, and his father's house two and twenty chief men.

ASV: and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Zadok,  a young man  mighty  of valour,  and of his father's  house  twenty  and two  captains. 

What does 1 Chronicles 12:28 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 12

1  The companies that came to David at Ziklag
23  The armies that came to him at Hebron

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 12:28 mean?

Jehoiada the leader of Aaron and with him three thousand and seven hundred -
וִיהוֹיָדָ֖ע הַנָּגִ֣יד לְאַהֲרֹ֑ן וְעִמּ֕וֹ שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת ס

וִיהוֹיָדָ֖ע  Jehoiada 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהֹויָדָע  
Sense: father of Benaiah, David’s mighty warrior.
הַנָּגִ֣יד  the  leader 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָגִיד  
Sense: leader, ruler, captain, prince.
לְאַהֲרֹ֑ן  of  Aaron 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
וְעִמּ֕וֹ  and  with  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, third person masculine singular
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
אֲלָפִ֖ים  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וּשְׁבַ֥ע  and  seven 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
מֵאֽוֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
ס    - 
Parse: Punctuation