The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 9:24 Explained

1 Chronicles 9:24

KJV: In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

YLT: At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.

Darby: At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.

ASV: On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In four  quarters  were the porters,  toward the east,  west,  north,  and south. 

What does 1 Chronicles 9:24 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 9:24 mean?

To four the directions were assigned the gatekeepers the east west north and south
לְאַרְבַּ֣ע רוּח֔וֹת יִהְי֖וּ הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים מִזְרָ֥ח יָ֖מָּה צָפ֥וֹנָה וָנֶֽגְבָּה

לְאַרְבַּ֣ע  To  four 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
רוּח֔וֹת  the  directions 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
יִהְי֖וּ  were  assigned 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים  the  gatekeepers 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
מִזְרָ֥ח  the  east 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
יָ֖מָּה  west 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
צָפ֥וֹנָה  north 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
וָנֶֽגְבָּה  and  south 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: נֶגֶב  
Sense: south-country, Nekeb, south.

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