The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 23:11 Explained

1 Chronicles 23:11

KJV: And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.

YLT: And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering.

Darby: And Jahath was the head, and Ziza the second; and Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: as father's house, therefore, they were reckoned as one.

ASV: And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers house in one reckoning.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Jahath  was the chief,  and Zizah  the second:  but Jeush  and Beriah  had not many  sons;  therefore they were in one  reckoning,  according to [their] father's  house. 

What does 1 Chronicles 23:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 23

1  David in his old age makes Solomon king
2  The number and distribution of the Levites
7  The families of the Gershonites
12  The sons of Kohath
21  The sons of Merari
24  The office of the Levites

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 23:11 mean?

And was Jahath the first and Zizah the second but Jeush and Beriah not did have many sons therefore they were house Of father assigned as one -
וַֽיְהִי־ יַ֣חַת הָרֹ֔אשׁ וְזִיזָ֖ה הַשֵּׁנִ֑י וִיע֤וּשׁ וּבְרִיעָה֙ לֹֽא־ הִרְבּ֣וּ בָנִ֔ים וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ לְבֵ֣ית אָ֔ב לִפְקֻדָּ֖ה אֶחָֽת ס

וַֽיְהִי־  And  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
יַ֣חַת  Jahath 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַחַת  
Sense: son of Reaiah and grandson of Shobal of the tribe of Judah.
הָרֹ֔אשׁ  the  first 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
וְזִיזָ֖ה  and  Zizah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זִיזָה  
Sense: a Gershonite Levite, second son of Shimei; also called ‘Zina’.
הַשֵּׁנִ֑י  the  second 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שֵׁנִי  
Sense: second.
וִיע֤וּשׁ  but  Jeush 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְעוּשׁ  
Sense: son of Eshek, a remote descendant of king Saul.
וּבְרִיעָה֙  and  Beriah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּרִיעָה  
Sense: a son of Asher.
הִרְבּ֣וּ  did  have  many 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
בָנִ֔ים  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙  therefore  they  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְבֵ֣ית  house 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אָ֔ב  Of  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לִפְקֻדָּ֖ה  assigned  as 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פְּקֻדָּה  
Sense: oversight, care, custody, mustering, visitation, store.
אֶחָֽת  one 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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