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For Obed-edom,לְעֹבֵד אֱדֹםthe south,נֶגְבָּהand for his sons,וּלְבָנָיוthe houseבֵּיתof the storehouses.הָאֲסֻפִּים
1 Chronicles 26:15
Study it in the app“For Obed-edom, the south, and for his sons, the house of the storehouses.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 26:15, word by word
- For 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- the southנֶגְבָּnegba
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appears- and for his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of the storehousesאֲסֻפִּיםasupim
storehouses
Storehouses: places where what was gathered for the house of YHWH (offerings, provisions) was kept.
Where else “asupim” appears
The context
14The 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16For Shuppim and for Hosah, the west, by the gate of Shallecheth on the causeway that goes up, guard alongside guard.