1 Chronicles 26:12

“These divisions of the gatekeepers, by the heads of the men, had charges just as their brothers, to minister in the house of YHWH.”

1 Chronicles 26:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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