The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 9:13 Explained

1 Chronicles 9:13

KJV: And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

YLT: And their brethren, heads to the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty, mighty in valour, are for the work of the service of the house of God.

Darby: and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty; able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

ASV: and their brethren, heads of their fathers houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And their brethren,  heads  of the house  of their fathers,  a thousand  and seven  hundred  and threescore;  very able  men  for the work  of the service  of the house  of God. 

What does 1 Chronicles 9:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 9

1  The original of Israel and Judah's genealogies
2  The Israelites
10  The priests
14  and the Levites, with Nethinims, who dwelt in Jerusalem
27  The charge of certain Levites
35  The stock of Saul and Jonathan

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 9:13 mean?

and their brothers heads of [houses their fathers' a thousand and seven hundred and sixty men [They were] very able for the work of the service of the house of God
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֗ם רָאשִׁים֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבוֹתָ֔ם אֶ֕לֶף וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וְשִׁשִּׁ֑ים גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חֵ֔יל מְלֶ֖אכֶת עֲבוֹדַ֥ת בֵּית־ הָאֱלֹהִֽים

וַאֲחֵיהֶ֗ם  and  their  brothers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
רָאשִׁים֙  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
לְבֵ֣ית  of  [houses 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֲבוֹתָ֔ם  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
אֶ֕לֶף  a  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וּשְׁבַ֥ע  and  seven 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְשִׁשִּׁ֑ים  and  sixty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שִׁשִּׁים  
Sense: sixty, three score.
גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי  men 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
חֵ֔יל  [They  were]  very  able  for 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חַיִל 
Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.
מְלֶ֖אכֶת  the  work 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.
עֲבוֹדַ֥ת  of  the  service 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֲבֹדָה  
Sense: labour, service.
בֵּית־  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הָאֱלֹהִֽים  of  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).

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