The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 12:37 Explained

1 Chronicles 12:37

KJV: And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.

YLT: And from beyond the Jordan, of the Reubenite, and of the Gadite, and of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, with all instruments of the host for battle, are a hundred and twenty thousand.

Darby: And from the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of weapons of war for battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.

ASV: And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And on the other side  of Jordan,  of the Reubenites,  and the Gadites,  and of the half  tribe  of Manasseh,  with all manner of instruments  of war  for the battle,  an hundred  and twenty  thousand. 

What does 1 Chronicles 12:37 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 12:37 mean?

And of Asher those who could go out to war able to keep formation battle forty thousand -
וּמֵאָשֵׁ֗ר יוֹצְאֵ֥י צָבָ֛א לַעֲרֹ֥ךְ מִלְחָמָ֖ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אָֽלֶף ס

וּמֵאָשֵׁ֗ר  And  of  Asher 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָשֵׁר  
Sense: son of Jacob and Zilpah.
יוֹצְאֵ֥י  those  who  could  go  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
צָבָ֛א  to  war 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
לַעֲרֹ֥ךְ  able  to  keep  formation 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָרַךְ  
Sense: to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare.
מִלְחָמָ֖ה  battle 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים  forty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: אַרְבָּעִים  
Sense: forty.
אָֽלֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation