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And the gatekeepers:וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִיםShallum,שַׁלּוּםAkkub,וְעַקּוּבTalmon,וְטַלְמֹןand Ahiman;וַאֲחִימָןand their brotherוַאֲחִיהֶםShallumשַׁלּוּםwasthe head,הָרֹאשׁ
1 Chronicles 9:17
Study it in the app“And the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman; and their brother Shallum was the head,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 9:17, word by word
- And 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- Shallumשַׁלּוּםshalum
Shallum
Shallum: a name meaning "recompense," borne by many men: the king of Israel who reigned one month (2 Kings 15:10-15), the husband of the prophetess Huldah (2 Kings 22:14), a son of King Josiah (Jeremiah 22:11) and others.
Where else “shalum” appears- Akkubעַקּוּבakuv
Akkub
Akkub: the name of several Israelites, above all Levite gatekeepers after the exile.
Where else “akuv” appears- Talmonטַלְמֹןtalmon
Talmon
Talmon: a Levite gatekeeper and his family.
Where else “talmon” appears- and Ahimanאֲחִימָןachiman
Ahiman
Ahiman, one of the three descendants of Anak who lived in Hebron; also an Israelite.
Where else “achiman” appears- and their brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears
The context
16and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
17 · This verse (above)
18and until now he is at the gate of the King, on the east. They were the gatekeepers for the camps of the sons of Levi.