The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 27:1 Explained

1 Chronicles 27:1

KJV: Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

YLT: And the sons of Israel, after their number, heads of the fathers, and princes of the thousands and of the hundreds, and their officers, those serving the king in any matter of the courses, that are coming in and going out month by month, throughout all months of the year -- are in each course twenty and four thousand.

Darby: And these are the children of Israel after their number, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in every matter of the divisions, which came in and went out month by month throughout the months of the year; in every division were twenty-four thousand.

ASV: Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit , the heads of fathers houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year-of every course were twenty and four thousand.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now the children  of Israel  after their number,  [to wit], the chief  fathers  and captains  of thousands  and hundreds,  and their officers  that served  the king  in any matter  of the courses,  which came in  and went out  month  by month  throughout all the months  of the year,  of every  course  [were] twenty  and four  thousand. 

What does 1 Chronicles 27:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 27

1  The twelve captains for each month
16  The princes of the twelve tribes
23  The numbering of the people is hindered
25  David's several officers

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 27:1 mean?

And the sons of Israel according to their number heads of the fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers served - the king in every matter of the [military] divisions [These divisions] came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year division [having] one twenty and four thousand -
וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל ׀ לְֽמִסְפָּרָ֡ם רָאשֵׁ֣י הָאָב֣וֹת וְשָׂרֵ֣י הָֽאֲלָפִ֣ים ׀ וְהַמֵּא֡וֹת וְשֹׁטְרֵיהֶם֩ הַמְשָׁרְתִ֨ים אֶת־ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְכֹ֣ל ׀ דְּבַ֣ר הַֽמַּחְלְק֗וֹת הַבָּאָ֤ה וְהַיֹּצֵאת֙ חֹ֣דֶשׁ בְּחֹ֔דֶשׁ לְכֹ֖ל חָדְשֵׁ֣י הַשָּׁנָ֑ה הַֽמַּחֲלֹ֙קֶת֙ הָֽאַחַ֔ת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָֽלֶף ס

וּבְנֵ֣י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל ׀  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
לְֽמִסְפָּרָ֡ם  according  to  their  number 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
רָאשֵׁ֣י  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הָאָב֣וֹת  of  the  fathers'  [houses] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וְשָׂרֵ֣י  and  the  captains 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: סָרַר 
Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain.
הָֽאֲלָפִ֣ים ׀  of  thousands 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וְהַמֵּא֡וֹת  and  hundreds 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְשֹׁטְרֵיהֶם֩  and  their  officers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁטַר  
Sense: (Qal) official, officer.
הַמְשָׁרְתִ֨ים  served 
Parse: Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שָׁרַת  
Sense: (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
לְכֹ֣ל ׀  in  every 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
דְּבַ֣ר  matter 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הַֽמַּחְלְק֗וֹת  of  the  [military]  divisions 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַחֲלֹקֶת  
Sense: division, course, class, share, allotment.
הַבָּאָ֤ה  [These  divisions]  came  in 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וְהַיֹּצֵאת֙  and  went  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
חֹ֣דֶשׁ  month 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
בְּחֹ֔דֶשׁ  by  month 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
לְכֹ֖ל  throughout  all 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
חָדְשֵׁ֣י  the  months 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַשָּׁנָ֑ה  of  the  year 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
הַֽמַּחֲלֹ֙קֶת֙  division  [having] 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַחֲלֹקֶת  
Sense: division, course, class, share, allotment.
הָֽאַחַ֔ת  one 
Parse: Article, Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה  and  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
אָֽלֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation