The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 9:34 Explained

1 Chronicles 9:34

KJV: These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

YLT: These heads of the fathers of the Levites throughout their generations are heads. These have dwelt in Jerusalem.

Darby: These are the chief fathers of the Levites, heads according to their families; these dwelt in Jerusalem.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These chief  fathers  of the Levites  [were] chief  throughout their generations;  these dwelt  at Jerusalem. 

What does 1 Chronicles 9:34 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 9

1  The original of Israel and Judah's genealogies
2  The Israelites
10  The priests
14  and the Levites, with Nethinims, who dwelt in Jerusalem
27  The charge of certain Levites
35  The stock of Saul and Jonathan

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 9:34 mean?

These heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites throughout their generations [were] heads these dwelt at Jerusalem -
אֵלֶּה֩ רָאשֵׁ֨י הָאָב֧וֹת לַלְוִיִּ֛ם לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖ם רָאשִׁ֑ים אֵ֖לֶּה יָשְׁב֥וּ בִירוּשָׁלִָֽם פ

אֵלֶּה֩  These 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
רָאשֵׁ֨י  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הָאָב֧וֹת  of  the  fathers'  [houses] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לַלְוִיִּ֛ם  of  the  Levites 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֖ם  throughout  their  generations 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: תֹּולֵדֹות  
Sense: descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies.
רָאשִׁ֑ים  [were]  heads 
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  at  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.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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