1 Chronicles 9:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲחֵיהֶם֙ לְתֹ֣לְדוֹתָ֔ם תְּשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֑ה כָּל־אֵ֣לֶּה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים רָאשֵׁ֥י אָב֖וֹת לְבֵ֥ית אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

wa-ʾăḥêhem to-tôlĕdôtām nine hundred wa-fifty wĕ-six all-ʾēlleh ʾănāšîm rāʾšê ʾābôt to-bêt ʾăbōtêhem

Grammar Details

*wa*-*ʾăḥêhem*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their brothers
to-*tôlĕdôtām*: preposition + noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - according to their genealogies/generations
nine hundred *wa*-fifty *wĕ*-six: cardinal numbers - nine hundred and fifty-six
all-*ʾēlleh*: universality prefix + demonstrative pronoun - all these
*ʾănāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - men
*rāʾšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - heads of
*ʾābôt*: noun, masculine plural - fathers
to-*bêt*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - for house of
*ʾăbōtêhem*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their fathers

Word Meanings

*tôlĕdôt*: genealogies/generations/family records
*rāʾšê* *ʾābôt*: heads of fathers/chiefs of ancestral houses/family leaders
*bêt* *ʾăbōtêhem*: house of their fathers/their ancestral houses/their family lines

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Neh 11:8 : 8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

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