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Toward the fourלְאַרְבַּעwindsרוּחוֹתwereיִהְיוּthe gatekeepers:הַשֹּׁעֲרִיםeast,מִזְרָחwest,יָמָּהnorth,צָפוֹנָהand south.וָנֶגְבָּה
1 Chronicles 9:24
Study it in the app“Toward the four winds were the gatekeepers: east, west, north, and south.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 9:24, word by word
- Toward the fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- windsרוּחוֹתruchot
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruchot” appears- wereיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” 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- eastמִזְרָחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- westיָמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears- northצָפוֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears- and southנֶגְבָּnegba
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appears
The context
23And they and their sons were over the gates of the house of YHWH, the house of the tent, by watches.
24 · This verse (above)
25And their brothers, in their villages, had to come for seven days, from time to time, to be with these;