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1 Chronicles 9:34

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← 1 Chronicles 9:33	1 Chronicles 9:34 (KJV)	1 Chronicles 9:35 →
And these [are] the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, [who remaining] in the chambers [were] free: for they were employed in [that] work day and night.	These chief fathers of the Levites [were] chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.	And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name [was] Maachah:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

These chief^H7218 fathers^H1 of the Levites^H3881 were chief^H7218 throughout their generations^H8435; these dwelt^H3427 at Jerusalem^H3389.

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Original Hebrew

אֵלֶּה רָאשֵׁי הָאָבֹות לַלְוִיִּם לְתֹלְדֹותָם רָאשִׁים אֵלֶּה יָשְׁבוּ בִירוּשָׁלִָם׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֵלֶּה֩	'e.Leh	H428	HPdxcp	these
רָאשֵׁ֨י	ra.Shei	H7218	HNcmpc	(were) (the) chiefs of
הָ/אָב֧וֹת	ha./'a.Vot	H1	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ fathers
לַ/לְוִיִּ֛ם	la/l.vi.Yim	H3881	HRd/Ngmpa	of the/ Levites
לְ/תֹלְדוֹתָ֖/ם	le./to.le.do.Ta/m	H8435	HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp	to/ generations/ their
רָאשִׁ֑ים	ra.Shim	H7218	HNcmpa	chiefs
אֵ֖לֶּה	'E.leh	H428	HPdxcp	these
יָשְׁב֥וּ	ya.she.Vu	H3427	HVqp3cp	they dwelt
בִ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽם	vi./ru.sha.Lim	H3389	HR/Np	in/ Jerusalem

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3881 — לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'): or לֵוִי; patronymically from לֵוִי; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H8435 — תּוֹלְדָה (tôwlᵉdâh, to-led-aw'): or תֹּלְדָה; from יָלַד; (plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) history; birth, generations.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).

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