The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 23:27 Explained

1 Chronicles 23:27

KJV: For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

YLT: for by the last words of David they took the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,

Darby: For by the last words of David was this done, the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.

ASV: For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For by the last  words  of David  the Levites  [were] numbered  from twenty  years  old  and above: 

What does 1 Chronicles 23:27 Mean?

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 23:27 mean?

For by words of David the last were numbered the sons of Levi from twenty years old and above
כִּ֣י בְדִבְרֵ֤י דָוִיד֙ הָאַ֣חֲרֹנִ֔ים הֵ֖מָּה מִסְפַּ֣ר בְּנֵי־ לֵוִ֑י מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּלְמָֽעְלָה

בְדִבְרֵ֤י  by  words 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
דָוִיד֙  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
הָאַ֣חֲרֹנִ֔ים  the  last 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: אַחֲרֹון  
Sense: behind, following, subsequent, western.
מִסְפַּ֣ר  numbered 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
בְּנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לֵוִ֑י  of  Levi 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
שָׁנָ֖ה  years  old 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וּלְמָֽעְלָה  and  above 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעַל 
Sense: higher part, upper part adv.

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