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And the gatekeepers:וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִיםAkkub,עַקּוּבTalmon,טַלְמוֹןand their brothers,וַאֲחֵיהֶםwho stood guardהַשֹּׁמְרִיםat the gates:בַּשְּׁעָרִיםone hundred seventy-two.מֵאָה שִׁבְעִים וּשְׁנָיִם
Nehemiah 11:19
Study it in the app“And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who stood guard at the gates: one hundred seventy-two.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 11:19, word by word
- And the gatekeepersשּׁוֹעֲרִיםshoarim
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- Akkubעַקּוּבakuv
Akkub
Akkub: the name of several Israelites, above all Levite gatekeepers after the exile.
Where else “akuv” appears- Talmonטַלְמוֹןtalmon
Talmon
Talmon: a Levite gatekeeper and his family.
Where else “talmon” appears- and their brothersאֲחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears- who stood guardשֹּׁמְרִיםshomrim
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomrim” appears- at the gatesשְּׁעָרִיםshearim
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shearim” appears- one hundred seventy-twoמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- one hundred seventy-twoשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- one hundred seventy-twoשְׁנָיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears
The context
18All the Levites in the holy city: two hundred eighty-four.
19 · This verse (above)
20And the rest of Israel, the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each in his inheritance.