The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 25:17 Explained

1 Chronicles 25:17

KJV: The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

YLT: the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

Darby: The tenth to Shimei; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

ASV: the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The tenth  to Shimei,  [he], his sons,  and his brethren,  [were] twelve: 

What does 1 Chronicles 25:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 25

1  The number and offices of the singers
8  Their division by lot into twenty-four orders

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 25:17 mean?

the tenth for Shimei his sons and his brothers two [and] ten
הָעֲשִׂירִ֣י שִׁמְעִ֔י בָּנָ֥יו וְאֶחָ֖יו שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָֽׂר

הָעֲשִׂירִ֣י  the  tenth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: עֲשִׂירִי  
Sense: ordinal number.
שִׁמְעִ֔י  for  Shimei 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁמְעִי  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David.
בָּנָ֥יו  his  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וְאֶחָ֖יו  and  his  brothers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
שְׁנֵ֥ים  two 
Parse: Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
עָשָֽׂר  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).

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