The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 5:24 Explained

1 Chronicles 5:24

KJV: And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.

YLT: And these are heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, men mighty in valour, men of name, heads to the house of their fathers.

Darby: And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, and Jishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.

ASV: And these were the heads of their fathers houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers houses.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And these [were] the heads  of the house  of their fathers,  even Epher,  and Ishi,  and Eliel,  and Azriel,  and Jeremiah,  and Hodaviah,  and Jahdiel,  mighty  men  of valour,  famous  men,  [and] heads  of the house  of their fathers. 

What does 1 Chronicles 5:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 5

1  Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright
3  Ruben's descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites
11  The chief men of Gad, and their habitations
18  Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasseh, obtain a victory over the Hagarites
23  The habitations and chief men of that half of Manasseh
25  The captivity of the two tribes and half, for their sins

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 5:24 mean?

And these [were] the heads of houses their fathers' and Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel [They were] men of mighty valor men famous [and] heads of houses their fathers'
וְאֵ֖לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֣י בֵית־ אֲבוֹתָ֑ם וְעֵ֡פֶר וְיִשְׁעִ֡י וֶאֱלִיאֵ֡ל וְ֠עַזְרִיאֵל וְיִרְמְיָ֨ה וְהוֹדַוְיָ֜ה וְיַחְדִּיאֵ֗ל אֲנָשִׁים֙ גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חַ֔יִל אַנְשֵׁ֣י שֵׁמ֔וֹת רָאשִׁ֖ים לְבֵ֥ית אֲבוֹתָֽם

וְאֵ֖לֶּה  And  these  [were] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
רָאשֵׁ֣י  the  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
בֵית־  of  houses 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֲבוֹתָ֑ם  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וְעֵ֡פֶר  and  Epher 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵפֶר  
Sense: the 2nd son of Midian.
וְיִשְׁעִ֡י  and  Ishi 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׁעִי  
Sense: son of Appaim, one of the line of Jerahmeel of the house of Hezron.
וֶאֱלִיאֵ֡ל  and  Eliel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִיאֵל  
Sense: an ancestor of Samuel.
וְ֠עַזְרִיאֵל  and  Azriel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַזְרִיאֵל  
Sense: a head of a house of the half-tribe of Manasseh beyond the Jordan.
וְיִרְמְיָ֨ה  and  Jeremiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִרְמְיָה 
Sense: the major prophet, son of Hilkiah of the priestly family in Anathoth; author of the prophetic book bearing his name.
וְהוֹדַוְיָ֜ה  and  Hodaviah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֹודַוְיָה  
Sense: a man of Manasseh, one of the heads of the half tribe on the east of Jordan.
וְיַחְדִּיאֵ֗ל  and  Jahdiel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַחְדִּיאֵל  
Sense: a chief of Manasseh on the east of the Jordan.
אֲנָשִׁים֙  [They  were]  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי  of  mighty 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
חַ֔יִל  valor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חַיִל 
Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.
אַנְשֵׁ֣י  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
שֵׁמ֔וֹת  famous 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
רָאשִׁ֖ים  [and]  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
לְבֵ֥ית  of  houses 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֲבוֹתָֽם  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.

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