King James Version

1 Chronicles 27:15

The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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הַשְּׁנֵ֤יםhashneymthe twoשְׁנַיִםdefinite article, adjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, absolute — “the two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.עָשָׂר֙asarteenעָשָׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “teen”, the ordinary formH6240ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).לִשְׁנֵ֣יםlishneymto twoשְׁנַיִםpreposition, adjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, absolute — “to two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.עָשָׂ֣רasarteenעָשָׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “teen”, the ordinary formH6240ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).הַחֹ֔דֶשׁhachodeshthe monthחֹדֶשׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the month”, the ordinary formH2320the new moon; by implication, a monthmonth(-ly), new moon.חֶלְדַּ֥יcheldayHeldaiחֶלְדַּיnoun, proper name — “Heldai”H2469Cheldai, the name of two IsraelitesHeldai.הַנְּטוֹפָתִ֖יhantofatithe Netophathiteנְטֹפָתִיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “the Netophathite”, the ordinary formH5200a Netophathite, or inhabitant of NetophahNetophathite.לְעָתְנִיאֵ֑לleatenielto Othnielעׇתְנִיאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Othniel”H6274Othniel, an IsraeliteOthniel.וְעַל֙vealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹmachaluqtvocompanyמַחֲלֹקֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “company”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4256a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)company, course, division, portion. See also H5555 (סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת).עֶשְׂרִ֥יםesrimtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).וְאַרְבָּעָ֖הvearbaahand fourאַרְבַּעconjunction, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “and four”, the ordinary formH702fourfour.אָֽלֶףalefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

Young’s Literal Translation

The twelfth, for the twelfth month, [is] Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.

World English Bible

The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

Darby Translation

The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

Douay-Rheims

The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Holdai a Netophathite, of the race of Gothoniel: and in his company were four and twenty thousand.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The twelfth for the twelfth month was Choldia the Netophathite, belonging to Gothoniel: and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ δωδέκατος εἰς τὸν μῆνα τὸν δωδέκατον Χολδία ὁ ἐκ Νετωφαθὶ τῷ Γοθονιὴλ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς διαιρέσεως αὐτοῦ εἴκοσι καὶ τέσσαρες χιλιάδες.