The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 12:3 Explained

1 Chronicles 12:3

KJV: The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,

YLT: The head is Ahiezer, and Joash, sons of Shemaab the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth, and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,

Darby: the chief Ahiezer, and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite,

ASV: The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The chief  [was] Ahiezer,  then Joash,  the sons  of Shemaah  the Gibeathite;  and Jeziel,  and Pelet,  the sons  of Azmaveth;  and Berachah,  and Jehu  the Antothite, 

What does 1 Chronicles 12:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 12

1  The companies that came to David at Ziklag
23  The armies that came to him at Hebron

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 12:3 mean?

The chief [was] Ahiezer then Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite Jeziel Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth and Berachah and Jehu the Anathothite
הָרֹ֨אשׁ אֲחִיעֶ֜זֶר וְיוֹאָ֗שׁ בְּנֵי֙ הַשְּׁמָעָ֣ה הַגִּבְעָתִ֔י [ויזואל] (וִיזִיאֵ֥ל) וָפֶ֖לֶט בְּנֵ֣י עַזְמָ֑וֶת וּבְרָכָ֕ה וְיֵה֖וּא הָעֲנְּתֹתִֽי

הָרֹ֨אשׁ  The  chief 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
אֲחִיעֶ֜זֶר  [was]  Ahiezer 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲחִיעֶזֶר  
Sense: a Danite chief who assisted Moses.
וְיוֹאָ֗שׁ  then  Joash 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄואָשׁ  
Sense: son of king Ahaziah and the 8th king of Judah.
בְּנֵי֙  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הַשְּׁמָעָ֣ה  of  Shemaah 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמָעָה  
Sense: a Benjamite, the Gibeathite, father of Ahiezer and Joash, both mighty warriors of David who joined him at Ziklag.
הַגִּבְעָתִ֔י  the  Gibeathite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גִּבְעָתִי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Gibeah.
[ויזואל]  Jeziel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
(וִיזִיאֵ֥ל)  Jeziel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְזוּאֵל 
Sense: a Benjamite and one of David’s mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag.
וָפֶ֖לֶט  and  Pelet 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּלֶט  
Sense: son of Jahdai and a descendant of Caleb.
בְּנֵ֣י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַזְמָ֑וֶת  of  Azmaveth 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַזְמָוֶת 
Sense: one of David’s mighty warriors.
וּבְרָכָ֕ה  and  Berachah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּרָכָה 
Sense: a Benjamite, one of David’s warriors.
וְיֵה֖וּא  and  Jehu 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֵהוּא  
Sense: the king of the northern kingdom Israel who overthrew the dynasty of Omri.
הָעֲנְּתֹתִֽי  the  Anathothite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַנְּתֹתִי  
Sense: a descendant or inhabitant of Anathoth.

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