The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 23:22 Explained

1 Chronicles 23:22

KJV: And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

YLT: And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them.

Darby: And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

ASV: And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife .

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Eleazar  died,  and had no sons,  but daughters:  and their brethren  the sons  of Kish  took  them. 

What does 1 Chronicles 23:22 Mean?

Study Notes

brethren
i.e. cousins.

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 23

1  David in his old age makes Solomon king
2  The number and distribution of the Levites
7  The families of the Gershonites
12  The sons of Kohath
21  The sons of Merari
24  The office of the Levites

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 23:22 mean?

And died Eleazar and no had to sons but only daughters and took them [as wives] the sons of Kish their brothers
וַיָּ֙מָת֙ אֶלְעָזָ֔ר וְלֹא־ הָ֥יוּ ל֛וֹ בָּנִ֖ים כִּ֣י אִם־ בָּנ֑וֹת וַיִּשָּׂא֥וּם בְּנֵי־ קִ֖ישׁ אֲחֵיהֶֽם

וַיָּ֙מָת֙  And  died 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
אֶלְעָזָ֔ר  Eleazar 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶלְעָזָר  
Sense: Additional Information: Eleazar = “God has helped”.
וְלֹא־  and  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
בָּנִ֖ים  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אִם־  only 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
בָּנ֑וֹת  daughters 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
וַיִּשָּׂא֥וּם  and  took  them  [as  wives] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine plural
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
בְּנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
קִ֖ישׁ  of  Kish 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קִישׁ  
Sense: a Benjamite of the family of Matri, father of king Saul.
אֲחֵיהֶֽם  their  brothers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.

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