The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 7:4 Explained

1 Chronicles 7:4

KJV: And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.

YLT: And beside them, by their generations, of the house of their fathers, are troops of the host of battle, thirty and six thousand, for they multiplied wives and sons;

Darby: And with them by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were military bands for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.

ASV: And with them, by their generations, after their fathers houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And with them, by their generations,  after the house  of their fathers,  [were] bands  of soldiers  for war,  six  and thirty  thousand  [men]: for they had many  wives  and sons. 

What does 1 Chronicles 7:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 7

1  The sons of Issachar;
6  of Benjamin;
13  of Naphtali;
14  of Manasseh;
15  and of Ephraim
21  The calamity of Ephraim by the men of Gath
23  His posterity by Beriah
28  Their habitations
30  The sons of Asher

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 7:4 mean?

And with them by their generations according to houses their fathers' troops ready for war [were] thirty and six thousand for they had many wives and sons
וַעֲלֵיהֶ֨ם לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֜ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבוֹתָ֗ם גְּדוּדֵי֙ צְבָ֣א מִלְחָמָ֔ה שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה אָ֑לֶף כִּֽי־ הִרְבּ֥וּ נָשִׁ֖ים וּבָנִֽים

וַעֲלֵיהֶ֨ם  And  with  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, third person masculine plural
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.
לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֜ם  by  their  generations 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: תֹּולֵדֹות  
Sense: descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies.
לְבֵ֣ית  according  to  houses 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֲבוֹתָ֗ם  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
גְּדוּדֵי֙  troops 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: גְּדוּד  
Sense: a band, troop, marauding band.
צְבָ֣א  ready  for 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
מִלְחָמָ֔ה  war 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים  [were]  thirty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים  
Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה  and  six 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
אָ֑לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
הִרְבּ֥וּ  they  had  many 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
נָשִׁ֖ים  wives 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
וּבָנִֽים  and  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.

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