The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 23:19 Explained

2 Chronicles 23:19

KJV: And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

YLT: and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.

Darby: And he set the doorkeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one unclean in anything should enter in.

ASV: And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he set  the porters  at the gates  of the house  of the LORD,  that none [which was] unclean  in any thing  should enter in. 

What does 2 Chronicles 23:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 23

1  Jehoiada, having set things in order, makes joash king
12  Athaliah is slain
16  Jehoiada restores the worship of God

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 23:19 mean?

And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of Yahweh so that no one should enter [who was] unclean in any way
וַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙ הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים עַֽל־ שַׁעֲרֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־ יָבֹ֥א טָמֵ֖א לְכָל־ דָּבָֽר

וַֽיַּעֲמֵד֙  And  he  set 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים  the  gatekeepers 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
עַֽל־  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שַׁעֲרֵ֖י  the  gates 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
בֵּ֣ית  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָ֑ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וְלֹֽא־  so  that  no  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יָבֹ֥א  should  enter 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
טָמֵ֖א  [who  was]  unclean 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.
לְכָל־  in  any 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
דָּבָֽר  way 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.

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