Study it in the app“And the Dung Gate Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired; he built it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.”
And the Dungוְ הָאַשְׁפּוֹתGateשַׁעַרMalchijahמַלְכִּיָּהthe sonבֶןof Rechab,רֵכָבrulerשַׂרof the districtפֶּלֶךְof Beth-haccherem,בֵּית הַכָּרֶםrepaired;הֶחֱזִיקheהוּאbuilt itיִבְנֶנּוּand set upוְיַעֲמִידits doors,דַּלְתֹתָיוits locks,מַנְעֻלָיוand its bars.וּבְרִיחָיו
ash heap
Ash heap, dunghill: the place outside a city where rubbish and ashes are thrown.
Where else “ashpot” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearsMalchijah
Malchijah: the name of several Israelites. The name means "my king is YHWH."
Where else “malkiya” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsRechab
Rechab, the name of several men; among them the one who, with his brother Baanah, killed Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4), and the ancestor of the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35).
Where else “rechav” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsdistrict
A part of a region, under a ruler.
Where else “pelech” appearsBeth-haccherem
Beth-haccherem: a place of Judah, near Jerusalem. The name means "house of the vineyard".
Where else “bet” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “hechezik” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yivne” appearsappoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “yaamid” appearsdoor
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “daltotay” appearsbolt, lock
Bolt, lock: the piece that closes a door.
Where else “manulay” appearsbolt
The piece that locks a door shut.
Where else “verichay” appears13The Valley Gate Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired; they built it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.
14 · This verse (above)
15And the Fountain Gate Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired; he built it and roofed it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David.
