The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 26:31 Explained

1 Chronicles 26:31

KJV: Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.

YLT: Of the Hebronite, Jerijah is the head, of the Hebronite, according to his generations, for the fathers -- in the fortieth year of the reign of David they have been sought out, and there are found among them mighty ones of valour, in Jazer of Gilead --

Darby: Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the head; (as to the Hebronites, according to their families according to the fathers: in the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jaazer in Gilead;)

ASV: Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers houses . In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Among the Hebronites  [was] Jerijah  the chief,  [even] among the Hebronites,  according to the generations  of his fathers.  In the fortieth  year  of the reign  of David  they were sought  for, and there were found  among them mighty men  of valour  at Jazer  of Gilead. 

What does 1 Chronicles 26:31 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 26

1  The divisions of the porters
13  The gates assigned by lot
20  The Levites that had charge of the treasures
29  Officers and judges

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 26:31 mean?

Among the Hebronite Jerijah [was] the head of the Hebronite according to his genealogy of the fathers In year of the forty reign of David they were sought and there were found among them men capable at Jazer of Gilead
לַֽחֶבְרוֹנִי֙ יְרִיָּ֣ה הָרֹ֔אשׁ לַֽחֶבְרוֹנִ֥י לְתֹלְדֹתָ֖יו לְאָב֑וֹת בִּשְׁנַ֨ת הָֽאַרְבָּעִ֜ים לְמַלְכ֤וּת דָּוִיד֙ נִדְרָ֔שׁוּ וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א בָהֶ֛ם גִּבּ֥וֹרֵי חַ֖יִל בְּיַעְזֵ֥יר גִּלְעָֽד

לַֽחֶבְרוֹנִי֙  Among  the  Hebronite 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶבְרֹונִי  
Sense: the inhabitants of the city of Hebron.
יְרִיָּ֣ה  Jerijah  [was] 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְרִיָּה 
Sense: a Kohathite Levite and chief of the house of Hebron when David organised the service.
הָרֹ֔אשׁ  the  head 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
לַֽחֶבְרוֹנִ֥י  of  the  Hebronite 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶבְרֹונִי  
Sense: the inhabitants of the city of Hebron.
לְתֹלְדֹתָ֖יו  according  to  his  genealogy 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: תֹּולֵדֹות  
Sense: descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies.
לְאָב֑וֹת  of  the  fathers 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בִּשְׁנַ֨ת  In  year 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
הָֽאַרְבָּעִ֜ים  of  the  forty 
Parse: Article, Number, common plural
Root: אַרְבָּעִים  
Sense: forty.
לְמַלְכ֤וּת  reign 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מַלְכוּת  
Sense: royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power.
דָּוִיד֙  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
נִדְרָ֔שׁוּ  they  were  sought 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: דַּרְיׄושׁ 
Sense: to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require.
וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א  and  there  were  found 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
בָהֶ֛ם  among  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
גִּבּ֥וֹרֵי  men 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
חַ֖יִל  capable 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חַיִל 
Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.
בְּיַעְזֵ֥יר  at  Jazer 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יַעְזֵיר  
Sense: a Levitical city east of the Jordan, in Gilead in the territory of Gad, formerly an Amorite city; site uncertain.
גִּלְעָֽד  of  Gilead 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּלְעָד  
Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.