King James Version

1 Chronicles 23:2

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

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וַיֶּאֱסֹף֙vayeesofand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).שָׂרֵ֣יsarecaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםvehakohanimand the priestכֹּהֵןconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the priest”, the ordinary formH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.וְהַלְוִיִּֽםvehalviyimand the Leviiteלֵוִיִּיconjunction, definite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

Young’s Literal Translation

and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;

World English Bible

He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

Darby Translation

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

Douay-Rheims

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ συνήγαγε τοὺς πάντας ἄρχοντας Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ τοὺς Λευείτας.

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