Study it in the app“and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.”
and with themוְעִמָּהֶםtheir brothersאֲחֵיהֶםof the second rank:הַמִּשְׁנִיםZechariah,זְכַרְיָהוּBen,בֵּןand Jaaziel,וְיַעֲזִיאֵלand Shemiramoth,וּשְׁמִירָמוֹתand Jehiel,וִיחִיאֵלand Unni,וְעֻנִּיEliab,אֱלִיאָבand Benaiah,וּבְנָיָהוּand Maaseiah,וּמַעֲשֵׂיָהוּand Mattithiah,וּמַתִּתְיָהוּand Eliphelehu,וֶאֱלִיפְלֵהוּand Mikneiah,וּמִקְנֵיָהוּand Obed-edomוְעֹבֵד אֱדֹםand Jeiel,וִיעִיאֵלthe gatekeepers.הַשֹּׁעֲרִים
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appearssecond
Next in rank after the king.
Where else “mishnim” appearsZechariah
Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.
Where else “zecharyahu” appearsBen
Ben: a Hebrew word meaning "son"; in 1 Chronicles 15:18 it appears written as the name of a Levite.
Where else “ben” appearsJaaziel
Jaaziel: a Levite singer; in verse 20 he is called Aziel.
Where else “yaaziel” appearsShemiramoth
Shemiramoth: name of two Levites.
Where else “shemiramot” appearsJehiel
Jehiel: name of several Israelites, among them Levite singers and temple officials, a son of King Jehoshaphat and others of Ezra's time. It means "may God live."
Where else “ychiel” appearsUnni
Unni: the name of two Levites.
Where else “uni” appearsEliab
Eliab, the name of several men; among them a chief of the tribe of Zebulun (Numbers 1:9), the father of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:1) and the oldest brother of David (1 Samuel 16:6). It means "God is father."
Where else “eliav” appearsBenaiah
Benaiah: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Jehoiada, head of David's guard and later commander of Solomon's army (2 Samuel 8:18; 23:20). It means "YHWH has built."
Where else “venayahu” appearsMaaseiah
Maaseiah: name of many Israelites. It means "work of YHWH."
Where else “maaseyahu” appearsMattithiah
Mattithiah: the name of several Israelites. The name means "gift of YHWH."
Where else “matityahu” appearsEliphelehu
Eliphelehu: a Levite, singer and gatekeeper in David's time.
Where else “eliflehu” appearsMikneiah
Mikneiah: a Levite, singer and gatekeeper. The name means "possession of YHWH."
Where else “mikneyahu” appearsObed-edom
Obed-edom, the name of several men. The best known is the Gittite in whose house the ark stayed three months (2 Samuel 6:10-12). It means "servant of Edom".
Where else “oved” appearsJeiel
Jeiel: name of several Israelites, among them a head of a family of Reuben, one of David's mighty men, Levite singers and gatekeepers, and a scribe of King Uzziah.
Where else “yiel” appearsgatekeeper
Gatekeeper: one who guards the gate of a city, a palace or the temple. In Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah it is an office of the Levites.
Where else “shoarim” appears“Ben” means “son”; here the Hebrew writes it as one more name in the list, and it is missing from the list in verse 20. It may be what remains of “son of…” with the name lost.
17So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; and from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
18 · This verse (above)
19And the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of bronze, to make themselves heard;
