The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 12:15 Explained

1 Chronicles 12:15

KJV: These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

YLT: these are they who have passed over the Jordan in the first month, -- and it is full over all its banks -- and cause all they of the valley to flee to the east and to the west.

Darby: These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it overflows all its banks, and they put to flight all them of the valleys, toward the east and toward the west.

ASV: These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These [are] they that went over  Jordan  in the first  month,  when it had overflown  all his banks;  and they put to flight  all [them] of the valleys,  [both] toward the east,  and toward the west. 

What does 1 Chronicles 12:15 Mean?

Study Notes

first month
i.e. April.

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 12:15 mean?

These [were] from the sons of Gad captains of army one over a hundred the least was and the greatest was over a thousand
אֵ֥לֶּה מִבְּנֵי־ גָ֖ד רָאשֵׁ֣י הַצָּבָ֑א אֶחָ֤ד לְמֵאָה֙ הַקָּטָ֔ן וְהַגָּד֖וֹל לְאָֽלֶף

אֵ֥לֶּה  These  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
מִבְּנֵי־  from  the  sons 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
גָ֖ד  of  Gad 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גָּד  
Sense: seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
רָאשֵׁ֣י  captains 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הַצָּבָ֑א  of  army 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
אֶחָ֤ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
לְמֵאָה֙  over  a  hundred 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
הַקָּטָ֔ן  the  least  was 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קָטָן 
Sense: young, small, insignificant, unimportant.
וְהַגָּד֖וֹל  and  the  greatest  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
לְאָֽלֶף  over  a  thousand 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.

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