1 Chronicles 25:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־אֵ֨לֶּה בָנִ֜ים לְהֵימָ֗ן חֹזֵ֥ה הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ בְּדִבְרֵ֥י הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים לְהָרִ֣ים קָ֑רֶן וַיִּתֵּ֨ן הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לְהֵימָ֗ן בָּנִ֛ים אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר וּבָנ֥וֹת שָׁלֽוֹשׁ׃

Transliteration

All kol-ʾēlleh ḇānîm to ləhêmān ḥōzêh the hammelek in bəḏiḇrê the hāʾĕlōhîm to ləhārîm qāren; and wayyittēn the hāʾĕlōhîm to ləhêmān bānîm ʾarbāʿâ ʿāśār and ûḇānôṯ šālôš

Grammar Details

*kol*: noun masculine singular construct - all of
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun - these
*ḇānîm*: noun masculine plural - sons
*ləhêmān*: preposition lamed + proper noun, masculine - to/for Heman
*ḥōzêh*: Qal participle masculine singular construct - seer of
*hammelek*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the king
*bəḏiḇrê*: preposition bet + noun masculine plural construct - in words/matters of
*hāʾĕlōhîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the God
*ləhārîm*: preposition lamed + Hiphil infinitive construct - to lift up/exalt
*qāren*: noun feminine singular - horn
*wayyittēn*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he gave
*bānîm*: noun masculine plural - sons
*ʾarbāʿâ*: number feminine - four
*ʿāśār*: number masculine - ten
*ûḇānôṯ*: waw conjunction + noun feminine plural - and daughters
*šālôš*: number feminine - three

Word Meanings

*ḥōzêh*: seer/prophet/vision-receiver
*bəḏiḇrê*: in the matters of/in the words of/according to the commands of
*ləhārîm qāren*: to lift up horn/to increase power/to exalt the position

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 21:9 : 9 And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
1 Chr 28:5 : 5 And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
Ps 127:3 : 3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
Isa 8:18 : 18 Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.
Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.
1 Sam 9:9 : 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
2 Sam 24:11 : 11 And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

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