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1 Chronicleschapter 27

34 verses · Ezra, by tradition · 450 to 400 BC · History

Original Language

1 Chronicles 27— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 1 Chronicles 27. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Twenty-four thousand men a month, all year long1

1 Chronicles 27:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וּבְנֵ֣יuveneiand [the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל׀yisraelIsraelH3478לְֽמִסְפָּרָ֡םlemisparamto number theirH4557רָאשֵׁ֣יrashei[the] heads ofH7218הָאָב֣וֹתhaavotthe fathersH1וְשָׂרֵ֣יvesareiand [the] commanders ofH8269הָֽאֲלָפִ֣ים׀haalafimthe thousandsH505וְהַמֵּא֡וֹתvehameotand the hundredsH3967וְשֹׁטְרֵיהֶם֩veshotereihemand officials theirH7860הַמְשָׁרְתִ֨יםhamsharetimwho serveH8334אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הַמֶּ֜לֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428לְכֹ֣ל׀lekholto everyH3605דְּבַ֣רdevar<the> matter ofH1697הַֽמַּחְלְק֗וֹתhamachlekotthe divisionsH4256הַבָּאָ֤הhabaahwhich comeH935וְהַיֹּצֵאת֙vehaiyotzetand which go outH3318חֹ֣דֶשׁchodeshmonthH2320בְּחֹ֔דֶשׁbechodeshby monthH2320לְכֹ֖לlekholto allH3605חָדְשֵׁ֣יchadeshei[the] months ofH2320הַשָּׁנָ֑הhashanahthe yearH8141הַֽמַּחֲלֹ֙קֶת֙hamachaloketthe divisionH4256הָֽאַחַ֔תhaachat<the> oneH259עֶשְׂרִ֥יםʾesrim[was] twentyH6242וְאַרְבָּעָ֖הvearbaahand fourH702אָֽלֶף׃ סʾalefthousandH505

Rashi on I Chronicles 27:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
in every matter of the divisions All this was from the beginning of his reign and onwards, and since the number of the Levites is stated, he proceeds to relate who the leaders of David’s division were.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

Princes of the tribes, and the census God cut short16

1 Chronicles 27:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְעַל֙vealand overH5921שִׁבְטֵ֣יshivtei[the] tribes ofH7626יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelH3478לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֣יloruvenifor the Reubenite[s]H7206נָגִ֔ידnagid[was] chiefH5057אֱלִיעֶ֖זֶרʾeliezerEliezerH461בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121זִכְרִ֑י סzikhriZikriH2147לַשִּׁ֨מְעוֹנִ֔יlashimonifor the Simeonite[s]H8099שְׁפַטְיָ֖הוּshefatyahuShephatiahH8203בֶּֽן־ben-[the] son ofH1121מַעֲכָֽה׃ סmaakhahMaacahH4601

Rashi on I Chronicles 27:16

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
And over the tribes of Israel We already stated the chiefs of David’s divisions, and now he tells who the leaders of the tribes of Israel were, the leader of each tribe.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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