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On the eastלַמִּזְרָחwere sixשִׁשָּׁהLevites,הַלְוִיִּםon the northלַצָּפוֹנָהfourאַרְבָּעָהeach day,לַיּוֹםon the southלַנֶּגְבָּהfourאַרְבָּעָהeach day,לַיּוֹםand for the storehousesוְלָאֲסֻפִּיםtwo by two.שְׁנַיִם שְׁנָיִם
1 Chronicles 26:17
Study it in the app“On the east were six Levites, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, and for the storehouses two by two.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 26:17, word by word
- On the eastמִּזְרָחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- were sixשִׁשָּׁהshisha
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shisha” appears- Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- on the northצָּפוֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears- fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- each dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- on the southנֶּגְבָּnegba
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appears- and for the storehousesאֲסֻפִּיםasupim
storehouses
Storehouses: places where what was gathered for the house of YHWH (offerings, provisions) was kept.
Where else “asupim” appears- two by twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears
The context
16For Shuppim and for Hosah, the west, by the gate of Shallecheth on the causeway that goes up, guard alongside guard.
17 · This verse (above)
18At the Parbar on the west, four at the causeway and two at the Parbar.