1 Chronicles 27:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.”
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָמַ֣רʾāmar
he had saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/הַרְבּ֥וֹתləharəbwōt
to multiplypronH7235
archer (by mistake for
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
כְּ/כוֹכְבֵ֥יkəkwōkəbēy
like the stars ofpronH3556
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִםhašāmāyim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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