The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 27:9 Explained

1 Chronicles 27:9

KJV: The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

YLT: The sixth, for the sixth month, is Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, and on his course are twenty and four thousand.

Darby: The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

ASV: The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The sixth  [captain] for the sixth  month  [was] Ira  the son  of Ikkesh  the Tekoite:  and in his course  [were] twenty  and four  thousand. 

What does 1 Chronicles 27:9 Mean?

Study Notes

sixth month
i.e. September.

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 27:9 mean?

The sixth [captain] for the month sixth [was] Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand -
הַשִּׁשִּׁי֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י עִירָ֥א בֶן־ עִקֵּ֖שׁ הַתְּקוֹעִ֑י וְעַל֙ מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָֽלֶף ס

הַשִּׁשִּׁי֙  The  sixth  [captain] 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שִׁשִּׁי  
Sense: sixth.
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ  for  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י  sixth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שִׁשִּׁי  
Sense: sixth.
עִירָ֥א  [was]  Ira 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עִירָא  
Sense: the Jairite, one of David’s great officers.
בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עִקֵּ֖שׁ  of  Ikkesh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עִקֵּשׁ  
Sense: father of Ira, the Tekoite, and one of David’s mighty warriors.
הַתְּקוֹעִ֑י  the  Tekoite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: תְּקֹועִי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Tekoa.
וְעַל֙  and  in 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹ  his  division  [were] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מַחֲלֹקֶת  
Sense: division, course, class, share, allotment.
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

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