The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 23:17 Explained

1 Chronicles 23:17

KJV: And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

YLT: And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly.

Darby: And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

ASV: And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Eliezer  [were], Rehabiah  the chief.  And Eliezer  had none other  sons;  but the sons  of Rehabiah  were very  many. 

What does 1 Chronicles 23:17 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 23:17 mean?

And was of the sons of Eliezer Rehabiah the first And no had Eliezer sons other but the descendants of Rehabiah were many very
וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ בְנֵי־ אֱלִיעֶ֖זֶר רְחַבְיָ֣ה הָרֹ֑אשׁ וְלֹא־ הָיָ֤ה לֶאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙ בָּנִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וּבְנֵ֥י רְחַבְיָ֖ה רָב֥וּ לְמָֽעְלָה

וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ  And  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְנֵי־  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֱלִיעֶ֖זֶר  of  Eliezer 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִיעֶזֶר  
Sense: Abraham’s Damascene servant.
רְחַבְיָ֣ה  Rehabiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְחַבְיָה 
Sense: the only son of Eliezer and grandson of Moses.
הָרֹ֑אשׁ  the  first 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
וְלֹא־  And  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
לֶאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙  Eliezer 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִיעֶזֶר  
Sense: Abraham’s Damascene servant.
בָּנִ֣ים  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֲחֵרִ֔ים  other 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: אַחֵר  
Sense: another, other, following.
וּבְנֵ֥י  but  the  descendants 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
רְחַבְיָ֖ה  of  Rehabiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְחַבְיָה 
Sense: the only son of Eliezer and grandson of Moses.
רָב֥וּ  were  many 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
לְמָֽעְלָה  very 
Parse: Preposition-l, Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: מַעַל 
Sense: higher part, upper part adv.

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