The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 24:31 Explained

1 Chronicles 24:31

KJV: These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

YLT: and they cast, they also, lots over-against their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites; the chief father over-against his younger brother.

Darby: These likewise cast lots just as their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites, the chief fathers just as the youngest of their brethren.

ASV: These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers houses of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These likewise cast  lots  over against  their brethren  the sons  of Aaron  in the presence  of David  the king,  and Zadok,  and Ahimelech,  and the chief  of the fathers  of the priests  and Levites,  even the principal  fathers  over against  their younger  brethren. 

What does 1 Chronicles 24:31 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 24

1  The division of the sons of Aaron by lot into twenty-four orders
20  The Kohathites
26  and the Merarites, divided by lot

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 24:31 mean?

And cast also Those lots just as their brothers did the sons of Aaron in the presence of David King and Zadok and Ahimelech and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and Levites fathers [did] the chief just as their brothers younger -
וַיַּפִּילוּ֩ גַם־ הֵ֨ם גּוֹרָל֜וֹת לְעֻמַּ֣ת ׀ אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם בְּנֵֽי־ אַהֲרֹ֗ן לִפְנֵ֨י דָוִ֤יד הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְצָד֣וֹק וַאֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ וְרָאשֵׁי֙ הָֽאָב֔וֹת לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְלַלְוִיִּ֑ם אָב֣וֹת הָרֹ֔אשׁ לְעֻמַּ֖ת אָחִ֥יו הַקָּטָֽן ס

וַיַּפִּילוּ֩  And  cast 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
גַם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
הֵ֨ם  Those 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
גּוֹרָל֜וֹת  lots 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּורָל  
Sense: lot.
לְעֻמַּ֣ת ׀  just  as 
Parse: Preposition-l
Root: עֻמָּה  
Sense: juxtaposition.
אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם  their  brothers  did 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
בְּנֵֽי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אַהֲרֹ֗ן  of  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
לִפְנֵ֨י  in  the  presence 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
דָוִ֤יד  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙  King 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
וְצָד֣וֹק  and  Zadok 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צָדֹוק  
Sense: the high priest, son of Ahitub of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and th in descent from Aaron; joined David after Saul’s death and supported him against Absalom and Adonijah; anointed Solomon as king.
וַאֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ  and  Ahimelech 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲחִימֶלֶךְ  
Sense: a priest murdered by Doeg at Saul’s command, for supposedly assisting David.
וְרָאשֵׁי֙  and  the  heads 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הָֽאָב֔וֹת  of  the  fathers'  [houses] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים  of  the  priests 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
וְלַלְוִיִּ֑ם  and  Levites 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
אָב֣וֹת  fathers  [did] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
הָרֹ֔אשׁ  the  chief 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
לְעֻמַּ֖ת  just  as 
Parse: Preposition-l
Root: עֻמָּה  
Sense: juxtaposition.
אָחִ֥יו  their  brothers 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
הַקָּטָֽן  younger 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קָטָן 
Sense: young, small, insignificant, unimportant.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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