The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 27:11 Explained

1 Chronicles 27:11

KJV: The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

YLT: The eighth, for the eighth month, is Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhite, and on his course are twenty and four thousand.

Darby: The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbechai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

ASV: The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The eighth  [captain] for the eighth  month  [was] Sibbecai  the Hushathite,  of the Zarhites:  and in his course  [were] twenty  and four  thousand. 

What does 1 Chronicles 27:11 Mean?

Study Notes

eighth month
i.e. November.

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 27

1  The twelve captains for each month
16  The princes of the twelve tribes
23  The numbering of the people is hindered
25  David's several officers

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 27:11 mean?

The eighth [captain] for the month eighth [was] Sibbechai the Hushathite of the Zerahites and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand -
הַשְּׁמִינִי֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י סִבְּכַ֥י הַחֻשָׁתִ֖י לַזַּרְחִ֑י וְעַל֙ מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָֽלֶף ס

הַשְּׁמִינִי֙  The  eighth  [captain] 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁמִינִי  
Sense: eighth (ordinal number).
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ  for  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י  eighth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁמִינִי  
Sense: eighth (ordinal number).
סִבְּכַ֥י  [was]  Sibbechai 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: סִבְּכַי  
Sense: one of David’s guard and 8th captain for the 8th month of 24,000 men of the king’s army; a Judaite, descendant of Zerah and called the ‘Hushathite’.
הַחֻשָׁתִ֖י  the  Hushathite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֻשָׁתִי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Hushah or a descendant of Hushah; the designation given to two of David’s mighty warriors.
לַזַּרְחִ֑י  of  the  Zerahites 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זַרְחִי  
Sense: descendants of Zerah.
וְעַל֙  and  in 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹ  his  division  [were] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מַחֲלֹקֶת  
Sense: division, course, class, share, allotment.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה  and  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
אָֽלֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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