The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 15:23 Explained

1 Chronicles 15:23

KJV: And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

YLT: And Berechiah and Elkanah are gatekeepers for the ark.

Darby: And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

ASV: And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Berechiah  and Elkanah  [were] doorkeepers  for the ark. 

What does 1 Chronicles 15:23 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 15

1  David having prepared a place for the ark,
15  the priests and Levites bring it from Obed-Edom
25  He performs the solemnity thereof with great joy
29  Michal despises him

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 15:23 mean?

And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark
וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙ וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים לָאָרֽוֹן

וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙  And  Berechiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֶּרֶכְיָה 
Sense: a son of Zerubbabel.
וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה  and  Elkanah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶלְקָנָה  
Sense: Samuel’s father.
שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים  [were]  doorkeepers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
לָאָרֽוֹן  for  the  ark 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: אֲרֹון  
Sense: chest, ark.

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