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and Obed-edomוְעֹבֵד אֱדֹםand their brothers,וַאֲחֵיהֶםsixty-eight;שִׁשִּׁים וּשְׁמוֹנָהand Obed-edomוְעֹבֵד אֱדֹםsonבֶּןof Jeduthun,יְדִיתוּןand Hosah,וְחֹסָהas gatekeepers;לְשֹׁעֲרִים
1 Chronicles 16:38
Study it in the app“and Obed-edom and their brothers, sixty-eight; and Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, as gatekeepers;”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 16:38, word by word
- and Obed-edomעֹבֵדoved
Obed-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” appears- and their brothersאֲחֵיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- sixty-eightשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- sixty-eightשְׁמוֹנָהshemona
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemona” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jeduthunיְדִיתוּןyeditun
Jeduthun
Jeduthun: a Levite, one of the three in charge of the singing in David's time, with Asaph and Heman.
Where else “yeditun” appears- and Hosahחֹסָהchosa
Hosah
Hosah: a place on the border of Asher, near Tyre; also the name of a gatekeeper (1 Chronicles 16:38).
Where else “chosa” appears- as 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
The context
37So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of YHWH, Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as the matter of each day required on its day;
38 · This verse (above)
39and Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests he left before the dwelling of YHWH at the high place that was at Gibeon,