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and untilוְעַדnowהֵנָּהhe isat the gateבְּשַׁעַרof the King,הַמֶּלֶךְon the east.מִזְרָחָהTheyהֵמָּהwerethe gatekeepersהַשֹּׁעֲרִיםfor the campsלְמַחֲנוֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Levi.לֵוִי
1 Chronicles 9:18
Study it in the app“and 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 9:18, word by word
- at the gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- of the Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- on the eastמִזְרָחָmizraach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizraach” appears- 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- for the campsמַחֲנוֹתmachanot
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machanot” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Leviלֵוִיlevi
Levi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appears
The context
17And the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman; and their brother Shallum was the head,
18 · This verse (above)
19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of YHWH, keepers of the entrance.