The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 7:40 Explained

1 Chronicles 7:40

KJV: All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

YLT: All these are sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, chosen ones, mighty in valour, heads of the princes, with their genealogy, for the host, for battle, their number is twenty and six thousand men.

Darby: All these were the sons of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, choice men, mighty of valour, chiefs of the princes. And their number according to their genealogy, registered as fit for service for war, was twenty-six thousand men.

ASV: All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All these [were] the children  of Asher,  heads  of [their] father's  house,  choice  [and] mighty men  of valour,  chief  of the princes.  And the number  throughout the genealogy  of them that were apt to the war  [and] to battle  [was] twenty  and six  thousand  men. 

What does 1 Chronicles 7:40 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 7:40 mean?

All these [were] the sons of Asher heads of houses [their] fathers' choice men mighty men of valor chief leaders And they were recorded by genealogies among the army fit for battle their number [was] men Twenty and six thousand -
כָּל־ אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי־ אָ֠שֵׁר רָאשֵׁ֨י בֵית־ הָאָב֤וֹת בְּרוּרִים֙ גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י חֲיָלִ֔ים רָאשֵׁ֖י הַנְּשִׂיאִ֑ים וְהִתְיַחְשָׂ֤ם בַּצָּבָא֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה מִסְפָּרָ֣ם אֲנָשִׁ֔ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה אָֽלֶף ס

אֵ֣לֶּה  these 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
בְנֵי־  [were]  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָ֠שֵׁר  of  Asher 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָשֵׁר  
Sense: son of Jacob and Zilpah.
רָאשֵׁ֨י  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
בֵית־  of  houses 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הָאָב֤וֹת  [their]  fathers' 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בְּרוּרִים֙  choice  men 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: בָּרוּר 
Sense: to purify, select, polish, choose, purge, cleanse or make bright, test or prove.
גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י  mighty  men 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
חֲיָלִ֔ים  of  valor 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַיִל 
Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.
רָאשֵׁ֖י  chief 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הַנְּשִׂיאִ֑ים  leaders 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: נָשִׂיא 
Sense: one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader.
וְהִתְיַחְשָׂ֤ם  And  they  were  recorded  by  genealogies 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: יָחַשׂ  
Sense: (Hithpael) to reckon genealogically, enrol on a genealogy, enrol, be enrolled.
בַּצָּבָא֙  among  the  army 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה  fit  for  battle 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
מִסְפָּרָ֣ם  their  number  [was] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
אֲנָשִׁ֔ים  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  Twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה  and  six 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
אָֽלֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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