3 {
"verseID": "1 Chronicles.23.3",
"source": "וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם מִבֶּ֛ן שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה וַיְהִ֨י מִסְפָּרָ֤ם לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם֙ לִגְבָרִ֔ים שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּשְׁמוֹנָ֖ה אָֽלֶף׃",
"text": "And *wayyissāp̄ərû* the-*Ləwiyyîm* from-*ben* thirty *šānāh* and-*māʿəlāh* and *wayəhî* *mispārām* by-*gulggəlōṯām* for-*gəḇārîm* thirty and-eight *ʾālep̄*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyissāp̄ərû*": "verb, niphal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they were counted/numbered",
"*Ləwiyyîm*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the Levites",
"*ben*": "noun, masculine singular construct - son of, aged",
"*šānāh*": "noun, feminine singular - year",
"*māʿəlāh*": "adverb with waw conjunction - and upward",
"*wayəhî*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and it was",
"*mispārām*": "noun with possessive suffix, masculine singular - their number",
"*gulggəlōṯām*": "noun with possessive suffix, feminine plural - their heads/polls",
"*gəḇārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - men",
"*ʾālep̄*": "noun, masculine singular - thousand"
},
"variants": {
"*gulggəlōṯām*": "by their heads, by head count, individually",
"*gəḇārîm*": "men, strong men, males"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "1 Chronicles.23.4",
"source": "מֵאֵ֗לֶּה לְנַצֵּ֙חַ֙ עַל־מְלֶ֣אכֶת בֵּית־יְהוָ֔ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָ֑לֶף וְשֹׁטְרִ֥ים וְשֹׁפְטִ֖ים שֵׁ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִֽים׃",
"text": "From-*ʾēlleh* for-*nəṣṣēaḥ* over-*məlʾeḵeṯ* *bêṯ*-*YHWH* twenty and-four *ʾālep̄* and-*šōṭərîm* and-*šōp̄əṭîm* six *ʾălāp̄îm*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - these",
"*nəṣṣēaḥ*": "verb, piel infinitive construct - to oversee/supervise",
"*məlʾeḵeṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - work of",
"*bêṯ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - house of",
"*YHWH*": "divine name",
"*ʾālep̄*": "noun, masculine singular - thousand",
"*šōṭərîm*": "noun, masculine plural - officers/officials",
"*šōp̄əṭîm*": "noun, masculine plural - judges",
"*ʾălāp̄îm*": "noun, masculine plural - thousands"
},
"variants": {
"*nəṣṣēaḥ*": "to oversee, to supervise, to direct",
"*šōṭərîm*": "officers, officials, scribes, record-keepers"
}
}