1 Chronicles 26:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְחֹסָ֥ה מִן־בְּנֵי־מְרָרִ֖י בָּנִ֑ים שִׁמְרִ֤י הָרֹאשׁ֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־הָיָ֣ה בְכ֔וֹר וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ אָבִ֖יהוּ לְרֹֽאשׁ׃

Transliteration

And-to-ḥōsāh from-bĕnê-mĕrārî bānîm: šimrî the-rōʾš, though not-hāyāh bĕḵôr, but-yĕśîmēhû ʾāḇîhû to-rōʾš.

Grammar Details

*ḥōsāh*: proper name, masculine singular with prefixed conjunction and preposition - and to Hosah
*bĕnê*-*mĕrārî*: masculine plural construct with proper name - sons of Merari
*bānîm*: masculine plural noun - sons
*šimrî*: proper name, masculine singular - Shimri
*rōʾš*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition - as head/chief
*hāyāh*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he was
*bĕḵôr*: masculine singular noun - firstborn
*yĕśîmēhû*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix and prefixed conjunction - but appointed him
*ʾāḇîhû*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father

Word Meanings

*rōʾš*: head/chief/leader
*bĕḵôr*: firstborn/chief/eldest
*yĕśîmēhû*: appointed him/made him/set him

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 16:38 : 38 and Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;
1 Chr 5:1-2 : 1 And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's),

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1 Chr 23:16-18
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16The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
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1 Chr 15:6-9
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6of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;
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