The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 23:8 Explained

1 Chronicles 23:8

KJV: The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

YLT: Sons of Laadan: the head is Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

Darby: The sons of Laadan: the head was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

ASV: The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The sons  of Laadan;  the chief  [was] Jehiel,  and Zetham,  and Joel,  three. 

What does 1 Chronicles 23:8 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 23:8 mean?

The sons of Laadan the first Jehiel then Zetham and Joel three [in all] -
בְּנֵ֣י לַעְדָּ֗ן הָרֹ֧אשׁ יְחִיאֵ֛ל וְזֵתָ֥ם וְיוֹאֵ֖ל שְׁלֹשָֽׁה ס

בְּנֵ֣י  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לַעְדָּ֗ן  of  Laadan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לַעְדָּן  
Sense: an Ephraimite ancestor of Joshua, son of Nun.
הָרֹ֧אשׁ  the  first 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
יְחִיאֵ֛ל  Jehiel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְחוּאֵל 
Sense: a Levite and one of the chief musicians in the time of David.
וְזֵתָ֥ם  then  Zetham 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֵתָם  
Sense: a Gershonite Levite, the son of Jehieli and grandson of Laadan.
וְיוֹאֵ֖ל  and  Joel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄואֵל  
Sense: son of Pethuel and the 2nd of the 2 minor prophets with a book by his name; probably prophesied in the time of king Uzziah of Judah.
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה  three  [in  all] 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation