Theseלְאֵלֶּהdivisionsמַחְלְקוֹתof the gatekeepers,הַשֹּׁעֲרִיםby the headsלְרָאשֵׁיof the men,הַגְּבָרִיםhad chargesמִשְׁמָרוֹתjust asלְעֻמַּתtheir brothers,אֲחֵיהֶםto ministerלְשָׁרֵתin the houseבְּבֵיתof YHWH.יְהוָה
1 Chronicles 26:12
Study it in the app“These divisions of the gatekeepers, by the heads of the men, had charges just as their brothers, to minister in the house of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 26:12, word by word
- divisionsמַחְלְקוֹתmachlkot
division
Division: each of the parts into which a group is divided.
Where else “machlkot” appears- of the gatekeepersשֹּׁעֲרִיםshoarim
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- by the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the menגְּבָרִיםgevarim
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gevarim” appears- had chargesמִשְׁמָרוֹתmishmarot
charge
What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.
Where else “mishmarot” appears- just asעֻמַּתumat
alongside, close to
Beside, along with, close to.
Where else “umat” appears- their brothersאֲחֵיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- to ministerשָׁרֵתsharet
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “sharet” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
The context
11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brothers of Hosah, thirteen.
12 · This verse (above)
13They cast lots, the small as the great, by their fathers’ houses, gate by gate.