The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 25:7 Explained

1 Chronicles 25:7

KJV: So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

YLT: And their number, with their brethren -- taught in the song of Jehovah, all who are intelligent -- is two hundred, eighty and eight.

Darby: And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

ASV: And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So the number  of them, with their brethren  that were instructed  in the songs  of the LORD,  [even] all that were cunning,  was two hundred  fourscore  and eight. 

What does 1 Chronicles 25:7 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 25:7 mean?

So [was] the number of them with their brothers who were instructed in the songs of Yahweh all who were skillful two hundred eighty and eight
וַיְהִ֤י מִסְפָּרָם֙ עִם־ אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם מְלֻמְּדֵי־ שִׁ֖יר לַיהוָ֑ה כָּל־ הַ֨מֵּבִ֔ין מָאתַ֖יִם שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים וּשְׁמוֹנָֽה

וַיְהִ֤י  So  [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.
מִסְפָּרָם֙  the  number  of  them 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם  their  brothers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
מְלֻמְּדֵי־  who  were  instructed 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: לָמַד  
Sense: to learn. teach, exercise in.
שִׁ֖יר  in  the  songs 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁיר 
Sense: song.
לַיהוָ֑ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
הַ֨מֵּבִ֔ין  who  were  skillful 
Parse: Article, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: בִּין  
Sense: to discern, understand, consider.
מָאתַ֖יִם  two  hundred 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים  eighty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שְׁמֹנִים  
Sense: eighty, fourscore.
וּשְׁמוֹנָֽה  and  eight 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמֹנֶה  
Sense: eight, eighth.

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