KJV: Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
YLT: Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, are gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates.
Darby: Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates.
ASV: Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.
| מַתַּנְיָ֧ה | Mattaniah |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מַתַּנְיָה Sense: the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as ‘Zedekiah’. |
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| וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֛ה | and Bakbukiah |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּקְבֻּקְיָה Sense: a Levite in the time of Nehemiah. |
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| עֹבַדְיָ֥ה | Obadiah |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עֹבַדְיָה Sense: the 4th of the 2 minor prophets; nothing personal is known of him but it is probable that he was contemporary with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. |
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| מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם | Meshullam |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מְשֻׁלָּם Sense: grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe. 2 son of Zerubbabel. 3 a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal. 4 a Benjamite, father of Sallu. 5 a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity. 6 a Benjamite. 6a perhaps the same as 3 or 4. 7 a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah. 8 son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. 9 son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem. 0 a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah. |
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| טַלְמ֣וֹן | Talmon |
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Parse: 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. |
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| עַקּ֑וּב | and Akkub |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עַקּוּב Sense: son of Elioenai and descendant of David through Zerubbabel. |
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| שֹׁמְרִ֤ים | keeping |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: שָׁמַר Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed. |
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| שֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙ | [were] gatekeepers |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: שֹׁועֵר Sense: gatekeeper, porter. |
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| מִשְׁמָ֔ר | the watch |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִשְׁמָר Sense: place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance. |
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| בַּאֲסֻפֵּ֖י | at the storerooms |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: אָסׄף Sense: what is gathered, store, storing, storehouse. |
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| הַשְּׁעָרִֽים | of the gates |
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Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: שַׁעַר Sense: gate. |
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