The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 9:17 Explained

1 Chronicles 9:17

KJV: And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

YLT: And the gatekeepers are Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren -- Shallum is the head;

Darby: And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief.

ASV: And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief),

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the porters  [were], Shallum,  and Akkub,  and Talmon,  and Ahiman,  and their brethren:  Shallum  [was] the chief; 

What does 1 Chronicles 9:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 9

1  The original of Israel and Judah's genealogies
2  The Israelites
10  The priests
14  and the Levites, with Nethinims, who dwelt in Jerusalem
27  The charge of certain Levites
35  The stock of Saul and Jonathan

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 9:17 mean?

And the gatekeepers [were] Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers Shallum [was] the chief
וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִים֙ שַׁלּ֣וּם וְעַקּ֔וּב וְטַלְמֹ֖ן וַאֲחִימָ֑ן וַאֲחִיהֶ֥ם שַׁלּ֖וּם הָרֹֽאשׁ

וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִים֙  And  the  gatekeepers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
שַׁלּ֣וּם  [were]  Shallum 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁלּוּם  
Sense: son of Jabesh, conspirator and slayer of king Zachariah of the northern kingdom of Israel ending the dynasty of Jehu; assumed the throne and became the 5th king of the northern kingdom; reigned for one month and was killed by Menahem.
וְעַקּ֔וּב  and  Akkub 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַקּוּב  
Sense: son of Elioenai and descendant of David through Zerubbabel.
וְטַלְמֹ֖ן  and  Talmon 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: טַלְמֹון  
Sense: the head of a family of doorkeepers in the temple; some of his descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra.
וַאֲחִימָ֑ן  and  Ahiman 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲחִימַן  
Sense: a son of Anak.
וַאֲחִיהֶ֥ם  and  their  brothers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
שַׁלּ֖וּם  Shallum  [was] 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁלּוּם  
Sense: son of Jabesh, conspirator and slayer of king Zachariah of the northern kingdom of Israel ending the dynasty of Jehu; assumed the throne and became the 5th king of the northern kingdom; reigned for one month and was killed by Menahem.
הָרֹֽאשׁ  the  chief 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.

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