1 Chronicles 12:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה נֹשְׂאֵ֥י צִנָּ֖ה וָרֹ֑מַח שֵׁ֧שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֛ים וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת חֲלוּצֵ֥י צָבָֽא׃ ס

Transliteration

Benê yehûdāh nōśeʾê ṣinnāh and-rōmaḥ six ʾălāp̄îm and-eight mēʾôt ḥălûṣê ṣāḇāʾ

Grammar Details

*benê*: masculine noun, plural construct - sons of
*yehûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*nōśeʾê*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural construct - bearers of
*ṣinnāh*: feminine noun, singular - large shield
*rōmaḥ*: masculine noun, singular - spear
*ʾălāp̄îm*: masculine noun, plural - thousands
*mēʾôt*: feminine noun, plural - hundreds
*ḥălûṣê*: masculine adjective, plural construct - equipped/armed (ones) of
*ṣāḇāʾ*: masculine noun, singular - army/host/warfare

Word Meanings

*nōśeʾê*: bearers/carriers/equipped with
*ṣinnāh*: large shield/buckler
*ḥălûṣê ṣāḇāʾ*: equipped for battle/armed for war/ready for military service

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22Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those that were numbered thereof, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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1 Chr 12:26
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1 Chr 7:11
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11All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.
Rev 7:7
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1 Chr 7:4-5
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4And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
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Num 2:11-13
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Num 1:26-27
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