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And Berechiahוּבֶרֶכְיָהand Elkanahוְאֶלְקָנָהweregatekeepersשֹׁעֲרִיםfor the ark.לָאָרוֹן
1 Chronicles 15:23
Study it in the app“And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 15:23, word by word
- And Berechiahבֶרֶכְיָהverechya
Berechiah
Berechiah: name of several Israelites. It means "YHWH has blessed."
Where else “verechya” appears- and Elkanahאֶלְקָנָהelkana
Elkanah
Elkanah, a name borne by several men; among them a son of Korah (Exodus 6:24) and the father of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1). It means "El has acquired".
Where else “elkana” appears- gatekeepersשֹׁעֲרִיםshoarim
gatekeeper
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- for the arkאָרוֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears
The context
22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites in the carrying, gave instruction in the carrying, for he understood it.
23 · This verse (above)
24And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were blowing the trumpets before the ark of Elohim; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were gatekeepers for the ark.