The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 8:28 Explained

1 Chronicles 8:28

KJV: These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

YLT: These are heads of fathers, by their generations, heads; these dwelt in Jerusalem.

Darby: These were the chief fathers, according to their generations, principal men; these dwelt in Jerusalem.

ASV: These were heads of fathers houses throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt in Jerusalem.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These [were] heads  of the fathers,  by their generations,  chief  [men]. These dwelt  in Jerusalem. 

What does 1 Chronicles 8:28 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 8

1  The sons and chief men of Benjamin
33  The stock of Saul and Jonathan

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 8:28 mean?

These [were] heads of the fathers' [houses] by their generations chief men these dwelt in Jerusalem -
אֵ֣לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֥י אָב֛וֹת לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖ם רָאשִׁ֑ים אֵ֖לֶּה יָשְׁב֥וּ בִירוּשָׁלִָֽם ס

אֵ֣לֶּה  These  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
רָאשֵׁ֥י  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
אָב֛וֹת  of  the  fathers'  [houses] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖ם  by  their  generations 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: תֹּולֵדֹות  
Sense: descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies.
רָאשִׁ֑ים  chief  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
אֵ֖לֶּה  these 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
יָשְׁב֥וּ  dwelt 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בִירוּשָׁלִָֽם  in  Jerusalem 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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