1 Chronicles 27:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַל־הַ֨גְּמַלִּ֔ים אוֹבִ֖יל הַיִּשְׁמְעֵלִ֑י וְעַל־הָ֣אֲתֹנ֔וֹת יֶחְדְּיָ֖הוּ הַמֵּרֹנֹתִֽי׃ ס

Transliteration

And over-the gəmallîm 'Ôḇîl the Yišmə'ēlî; and over-the 'ăṯōnôṯ Yeḥdəyāhû the Mērōnōṯî.

Grammar Details

*gəmallîm*: noun, masculine plural - camels
*'Ôḇîl*: proper noun - Obil
*Yišmə'ēlî*: gentilic adjective - Ishmaelite
*'ăṯōnôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - female donkeys
*Yeḥdəyāhû*: proper noun - Jehdeiah
*Mērōnōṯî*: gentilic adjective - Meronothite

Word Meanings

*'Ôḇîl*: personal name possibly meaning 'camel driver'
*Yišmə'ēlî*: Ishmaelite, descendant of Ishmael
*Yeḥdəyāhû*: personal name possibly meaning 'Yahweh gives joy'
*Mērōnōṯî*: Meronothite, from Meronoth

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Referenced Verses

Gen 47:6 : 6 the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Job 1:3 : 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

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