1 Chronicles 26:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief,(for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the 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 Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
1 Chr 5:1-2 : 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel,(for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, 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 chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

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11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
1 Chr 23:16-18
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72%
16Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
17And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
1 Chr 9:5
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5And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
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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14And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
1 Chr 6:29-30
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29The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
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4Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
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1 Chr 26:6-7
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1 Chr 27:16
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1 Chr 25:20
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1 Chr 24:23
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