The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 5:9 Explained

1 Chronicles 5:9

KJV: And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

YLT: and at the east he dwelt even unto the entering in of the wilderness, even from the river Phrat, for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

Darby: and eastward he dwelt as far as the entrance to the wilderness from the river Euphrates; for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

ASV: and eastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And eastward  he inhabited  unto the entering  in of the wilderness  from the river  Euphrates:  because their cattle  were multiplied  in the land  of Gilead. 

What does 1 Chronicles 5:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 5

1  Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright
3  Ruben's descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites
11  The chief men of Gad, and their habitations
18  Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasseh, obtain a victory over the Hagarites
23  The habitations and chief men of that half of Manasseh
25  The captivity of the two tribes and half, for their sins

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 5:9 mean?

And Eastward they settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead
וְלַמִּזְרָ֗ח יָשַׁב֙ עַד־ לְב֣וֹא מִדְבָּ֔רָה לְמִן־ הַנָּהָ֖ר פְּרָ֑ת כִּ֧י מִקְנֵיהֶ֛ם רָב֖וּ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גִּלְעָֽד

וְלַמִּזְרָ֗ח  And  Eastward 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
יָשַׁב֙  they  settled 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
עַד־  as  far  as 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
לְב֣וֹא  the  entrance 
Parse: Preposition, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
מִדְבָּ֔רָה  of  the  wilderness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: מִדְבָּר 
Sense: wilderness.
לְמִן־  this  side 
Parse: Preposition-l
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הַנָּהָ֖ר  of  the  River 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָהָר  
Sense: stream, river.
פְּרָ֑ת  Euphrates 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: פְּרָת  
Sense: the largest and longest river of western Asia; rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains and flows into the Persian Gulf.
כִּ֧י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
מִקְנֵיהֶ֛ם  their  cattle 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִקְנֶה  
Sense: cattle, livestock.
רָב֖וּ  had  multiplied 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
גִּלְעָֽד  of  Gilead 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּלְעָד  
Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.

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