1 Chronicles 24:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּמָּצְא֣וּ בְֽנֵי־אֶלְעָזָ֡ר רַבִּ֞ים לְרָאשֵׁ֧י הַגְּבָרִ֛ים מִן־בְּנֵ֥י אִיתָמָ֖ר וַֽיַּחְלְק֑וּם לִבְנֵ֨י אֶלְעָזָ֜ר רָאשִׁ֤ים לְבֵית־אָבוֹת֙ שִׁשָּׁ֣ה עָשָׂ֔ר וְלִבְנֵ֧י אִיתָמָ֛ר לְבֵ֥ית אֲבוֹתָ֖ם שְׁמוֹנָֽה׃

Transliteration

wayyimmāṣəʾû bənê-ʾelʿāzār rabbîm lərāšê haggəbārîm min-bənê ʾîtāmār way-yaḥləqûm libnê ʾelʿāzār rāšîm ləbêt-ʾābôt šiššâ ʿāśār wəlibnê ʾîtāmār ləbêt ʾăbôtām šəmônâ.

Grammar Details

*wayyimmāṣəʾû*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they were found
*bənê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons of
*ʾelʿāzār*: proper name, masculine singular - Eleazar
*rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many/numerous
*lərāšê*: preposition + construct plural - to/for heads of
*haggəbārîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the men/mighty men
*min*: preposition - from
*ʾîtāmār*: proper name, masculine singular - Ithamar
*way-yaḥləqûm*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they divided them
*libnê*: preposition + construct masculine plural - for sons of
*rāšîm*: masculine plural noun - heads/chiefs
*ləbêt*: preposition + construct masculine singular - for house of
*ʾābôt*: masculine plural noun - fathers
*šiššâ*: cardinal number, feminine - six
*ʿāśār*: cardinal number - ten
*wəlibnê*: conjunction + preposition + construct masculine plural - and for sons of
*ʾăbôtām*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers
*šəmônâ*: cardinal number, feminine - eight

Word Meanings

*haggəbārîm*: the men/the mighty men/the valiant men
*rāšîm*: heads/chiefs/leaders
*ləbêt*-*ʾābôt*: for ancestral houses/family divisions

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Referenced Verses

Num 25:11-13 : 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
1 Chr 15:6-9 : 6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: 7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty: 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. 11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
1 Chr 23:24 : 24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Chr 24:5-8
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84%
5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
7Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
1 Chr 24:1-3
3 verses
83%
1Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
3And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
1 Chr 24:30-31
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30The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
31These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
1 Chr 23:4
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4Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
1 Chr 26:11-12
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11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
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1 Chr 23:24
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24These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
1 Chr 25:11
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11The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chr 27:1-2
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1Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
2Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chr 5:24
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24And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
Ezra 8:24
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24Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
1 Chr 25:27
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27The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
1 Chr 15:8-10
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8Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
9Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
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44These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
Josh 22:14
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1 Chr 25:31
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31The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
1 Chr 26:32
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32And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
1 Chr 23:6
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6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chr 7:4
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4And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
1 Chr 24:12
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12The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
1 Chr 24:23
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23And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
1 Chr 3:24
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24And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
1 Chr 25:23-24
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23The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
24The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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40Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
1 Chr 8:20
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20And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
2 Chr 31:19
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19Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
1 Chr 7:9
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9And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
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12And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
13And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
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1 Chr 25:18
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18The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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1 Chr 24:28
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28Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
1 Chr 24:19
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19These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
1 Chr 25:20
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