1 Chronicles 26:10
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And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of Merari: Semri the chief, (for he had not a firstborn, and therefore his father made him chief.)

Hosah

1 Chronicles 16:38 And Obededom, with his brethren sixty-eight: and Obededom the son of Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to be porters.

his father

1 Chronicles 5:1,2 Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn. . . .

Context
The Divisions of the Gatekeepers
9And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren strong men, were eighteen. 10And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of Merari: Semri the chief, (for he had not a firstborn, and therefore his father made him chief.)11Helcias the second, Tabelias the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these the sons, and the brethren of Hosa, were thirteen.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:38
And Obededom, with his brethren sixty-eight: and Obededom the son of Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to be porters.

1 Chronicles 26:9
And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren strong men, were eighteen.

1 Chronicles 26:11
Helcias the second, Tabelias the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these the sons, and the brethren of Hosa, were thirteen.

Lexicon
Hosah
וּלְחֹסָ֥ה (ū·lə·ḥō·sāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2621: Hosah -- a Levite, also a place in Asher

the Merarite
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

also had sons:
בָּנִ֑ים (bā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

Shimri
שִׁמְרִ֤י (šim·rî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8113: Shimri -- four Israelites

the first
הָרֹאשׁ֙ (hā·rōš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

(although
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he was
הָיָ֣ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

the firstborn,
בְכ֔וֹר (ḇə·ḵō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1060: Firstborn, chief

his father
אָבִ֖יהוּ (’ā·ḇî·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

had appointed
וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ (way·śî·mê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

him as the first),
לְרֹֽאשׁ׃ (lə·rōš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head


Additional Translations
Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),

And to Osa of the sons of Merari there were born sons, keeping the dominion; though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief of the second division.

-- And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the head;

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief;)

Also Hosah of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him the chief;)

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),

and to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, are sons: Shimri the head (though he was not first-born, yet his father setteth him for head),
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