1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 27:23

²³David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
David	דָוִיד֙	ḏā·wîḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
did not	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
count	נָשָׂ֤א	nā·śā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
the men	לְמִבֶּ֛ן	lə·mib·ben	Preposition-l, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
aged	שָׁנָ֖ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	‘eś·rîm	Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
or under	וּלְמָ֑טָּה	ū·lə·māṭ·ṭāh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Adverb	H4295 downwards
because	כִּ֚י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
had said that	אָמַ֣ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
He would make Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
as numerous	לְהַרְבּ֥וֹת	lə·har·bō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7235 be, or become, much, many, great
as the stars	כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י	kə·ḵō·wḵ·ḇê	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3556 star
of the sky	הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.