The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 9:16 Explained

1 Chronicles 9:16

KJV: And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

YLT: and Obadiah son of Shemariah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who is dwelling in the villages of the Netophathite.

Darby: and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

ASV: and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Obadiah  the son  of Shemaiah,  the son  of Galal,  the son  of Jeduthun,  and Berechiah  the son  of Asa,  the son  of Elkanah,  that dwelt  in the villages  of the Netophathites. 

What does 1 Chronicles 9:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1Ch 9

1  The original of Israel and Judah's genealogies
2  The Israelites
10  The priests
14  and the Levites, with Nethinims, who dwelt in Jerusalem
27  The charge of certain Levites
35  The stock of Saul and Jonathan

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 9:16 mean?

and Obadiah son of Shemaiah the son of Galal of Jeduthun and Berechiah son of Asa of Elkanah who lived in the villages of the Netophathite
וְעֹבַדְיָה֙ בֶּֽן־ שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה בֶּן־ גָּלָ֖ל יְדוּת֑וּן וּבֶרֶכְיָ֤ה בֶן־ אָסָא֙ אֶלְקָנָ֔ה הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּחַצְרֵ֥י נְטוֹפָתִֽי

וְעֹבַדְיָה֙  and  Obadiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹבַדְיָה 
Sense: the 4th of the 2 minor prophets; nothing personal is known of him but it is probable that he was contemporary with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel.
בֶּֽן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה  of  Shemaiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמַעְיָה 
Sense: a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah.
בֶּן־  the  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
גָּלָ֖ל  of  Galal 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּגְלַל 
Sense: a Levite, one of the sons of Asaph.
יְדוּת֑וּן  of  Jeduthun 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְדוּתוּן 
Sense: a Levite of the family of Merari and the chief of one of the 3 choirs of the temple whose descendants also formed one of the perpetual temple choirs; he is named at the beginning of 3 Psalms (39, 62, 77) either as the composer or the recipient of those Psalms but most likely as the leader of the choir by which those Psalms were to be sung.
וּבֶרֶכְיָ֤ה  and  Berechiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֶּרֶכְיָה 
Sense: a son of Zerubbabel.
בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָסָא֙  of  Asa 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָסָא  
Sense: king of Judah, son of Abijam, father of Jehoshaphat.
אֶלְקָנָ֔ה  of  Elkanah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶלְקָנָה  
Sense: Samuel’s father.
הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב  who  lived 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בְּחַצְרֵ֥י  in  the  villages 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common plural construct
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
נְטוֹפָתִֽי  of  the  Netophathite 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נְטֹופָתִי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Netophah.