Study it in the app“The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. For Zechariah his son, a counselor with discretion, they cast lots, and his lot came out for the north.”
The lotהַגּוֹרָלfor the eastמִזְרָחָהfellוַיִּפֹּלto Shelemiah.לְשֶׁלֶמְיָהוּFor Zechariahוּזְכַרְיָהוּhis son,בְנוֹa counselorיוֹעֵץwith discretion,בְּשֶׂכֶלthey castהִפִּילוּlots,גּוֹרָלוֹתand his lotגוֹרָלוֹcame outוַיֵּצֵאfor the north.צָפוֹנָה
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appearseast
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizraach” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appearsShelemiah
Shelemiah: the name of several Israelites, among them the Levite gatekeeper also called Meshelemiah, several of the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, and some of Jeremiah's time.
Where else “shelemyahu” 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” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearscounselor
A trusted person who gives the king or a leader his opinion.
Where else “yoets” appearsinsight
The sense to act well.
Where else “sechel” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearsnorth
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears“Shelemiah” is the “Meshelemiah” of verses 1-2.
13They cast lots, the small as the great, by their fathers’ houses, gate by gate.
14 · This verse (above)
15For Obed-edom, the south, and for his sons, the house of the storehouses.
