Study it in the app“All of them who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. They were enrolled in the genealogy in their villages; David and Samuel the seer established them in their office of trust.”
All of themכֻּלָּםwho were chosenהַבְּרוּרִיםas gatekeepersלְשֹׁעֲרִיםat the thresholdsבַּסִּפִּיםweretwo hundredמָאתַיִםand twelve.וּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרTheyהֵמָּהwere enrolled in the genealogyהִתְיַחְשָׂםin their villages;בְחַצְרֵיהֶםDavidדָּוִידand Samuelוּשְׁמוּאֵלthe seerהָרֹאֶהestablishedיִסַּדthemהֵמָּהin their office of trust.בֶּאֱמוּנָתָם
choose
To set apart the best for a task, as clean grain is set apart.
Where else “berurim” appearsgatekeeper
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” appearsthreshold
The low part of a doorway, which one steps over on entering.
Where else “sipim” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsenroll in a genealogy
Enroll in the genealogy: record someone in the list of his family according to his ancestors. These lists showed to which tribe and family each person belonged.
Where else “hityachsa” appearsvillage
A group of houses without a wall, in the countryside.
Where else “chatsre” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsSamuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appearsfound
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “yisad” appearsoffice of trust
Something firm and secure that can be trusted; also a position of trust.
Where else “emunata” appears“Office of trust” renders the Hebrew word emunah, which almost always means “faithfulness”; here it names a task that is entrusted to someone faithful.
21Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the tent of meeting.
22 · This verse (above)
23And they and their sons were over the gates of the house of YHWH, the house of the tent, by watches.
