KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “So the number” | מִסְפָּרָם֙ | A number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration | number |
| “of them, with” | עִם | Adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) | of them with |
| “their brethren” | אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם | A brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H0001]) | brethren |
| “that were instructed” | מְלֻמְּדֵי | Properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Middle Eastern incentive) | instructed |
| “in the songs” | שִׁ֖יר | A song; abstractly, singing | songs |
| “of the Lord,” | לַֽיהוָ֑ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “even” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that were cunning,” | הַ֨מֵּבִ֔ין | To separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand | cunning |
| “was” | וַיְהִ֤י | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | was |
| “two hundred” | מָאתַ֖יִם | A hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction | two hundred |
| “fourscore” | שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים | Eighty, also eightieth | fourscore |
| “and eight.” | וּשְׁמוֹנָֽה׃ | A cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth | eight |
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5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
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