1 Chronicles 21:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד־הָעָ֖ם אֶל־דָּוִ֑יד וַיְהִ֣י כָֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל אֶ֣לֶף אֲלָפִים֩ וּמֵאָ֨ה אֶ֤לֶף אִישׁ֙ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֔רֶב וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה אַרְבַּע֩ מֵא֨וֹת וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חָֽרֶב׃

Transliteration

And wayyittēn yôʾāb ʾet-mispar mipqad-the hāʿām to dāwîd, and wayĕhî all yiśrāʾēl a thousand ʾălāpîm and hundred ʾelep ʾîš šōlēp ḥereb, and wîhûdâ four hundred and seventy ʾelep ʾîš šōlēp ḥāreb.

Grammar Details

*wayyittēn*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he gave
*mispar*: masculine singular construct - number of
*mipqad*: masculine singular construct - census/numbering of
*hāʿām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people
*wayĕhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and there were
*ʾălāpîm*: masculine plural noun - thousands
*ʾelep*: masculine singular noun - thousand
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
*šōlēp*: qal participle, masculine singular - drawing/brandishing
*ḥereb*: feminine singular noun - sword
*wîhûdâ*: waw conjunction + proper noun - and Judah

Word Meanings

*mipqad*: census/counting/mustering/enrollment
*šōlēp ḥereb*: drawing sword/able to bear arms/men of war/warriors

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 24:9 : 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
1 Chr 27:23 : 23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

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2 Sam 24:9
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9And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
Judg 20:17
82%
17And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
Judg 20:2
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2And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
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1 Chr 12:23-25
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2 Chr 17:14-15
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1 Chr 12:37
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2 Chr 14:8
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1 Chr 21:6
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2 Sam 24:2-4
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2 Chr 2:17
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Num 31:36
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2 Sam 18:7
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