2 Chronicles 35:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brethren the children of the people, and [let there be for each] a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעִמְד֣וּ בַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ לִפְלֻגּוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הָֽאָב֔וֹת לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וַחֲלֻקַּ֥ת בֵּֽית־אָ֖ב לַלְוִיִּֽם׃

Transliteration

And ʿāmad in the qōdeš according to pĕluggôt bêt the ʾābôt for your ʾaḥ the bĕnê the ʿām and ḥăluqqat bêt-ʾāb for the lĕwiyyim.

Grammar Details

*ʿāmad*: qal imperative, 2nd masculine plural - stand
*qōdeš*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article and preposition - in the holy place/sanctuary
*pĕluggôt*: common noun, feminine plural construct with preposition - according to divisions of
*bêt*: common noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*ʾābôt*: common noun, masculine plural with definite article - the fathers
*ʾaḥ*: common noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural possessive suffix - your brothers
*bĕnê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*ʿām*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
*ḥăluqqat*: common noun, feminine singular construct - division of
*bêt-ʾāb*: construct phrase - father's house/ancestral house
*lĕwiyyim*: proper noun, masculine plural with preposition - for the Levites

Word Meanings

*ʿāmad*: stand/take your position/station yourselves
*qōdeš*: holy place/sanctuary/holy area
*pĕluggôt*: divisions/sections/groups
*ḥăluqqat*: division/portion/assignment

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Referenced Verses

Ps 134:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. Behold, bless ye Jehovah, all ye servants of Jehovah, That by night stand in the house of Jehovah.
Ps 135:2 : 2 Ye that stand in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of the house of our God.
Ezra 6:18 : 18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

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