Original Language Studio
1 Chronicles 26:1
“Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מַחֲלֹקֶתmachălôqeth · makh-al-o'-keth
H4256 · Hebrew
H4256 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)
- Derivation
- from H2505 (חָלַק);
- KJV renderings
- company, course, division, portion. See also H5555 (סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת).
- Grammar
- לְ — preposition
- מַחְלְק֖וֹת — common noun, feminine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Joshua 11:23Joshua 12:7Joshua 18:101 Chronicles 23:61 Chronicles 24:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַחֲלֹקֶת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.