The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 26:1 Explained

1 Chronicles 26:1

KJV: Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

YLT: For the courses of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites is Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;

Darby: The divisions of the doorkeepers. Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

ASV: For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Concerning the divisions  of the porters:  Of the Korhites  [was] Meshelemiah  the son  of Kore,  of the sons  of Asaph. 

What does 1 Chronicles 26:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 26

1  The divisions of the porters
13  The gates assigned by lot
20  The Levites that had charge of the treasures
29  Officers and judges

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 26:1 mean?

Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers of the Korahites Meshelemiah son of Kore of the sons of Asaph
לְמַחְלְק֖וֹת לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑ים לַקָּרְחִ֕ים מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־ קֹרֵ֖א מִן־ בְּנֵ֥י אָסָֽף

לְמַחְלְק֖וֹת  Concerning  the  divisions 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַחֲלֹקֶת  
Sense: division, course, class, share, allotment.
לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑ים  of  the  gatekeepers 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
לַקָּרְחִ֕ים  of  the  Korahites 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: קָרְחִי  
Sense: descendants of Korah the son of Levi.
מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥הוּ  Meshelemiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְשֶׁלֶמְיָה 
Sense: a Korhite Levite porter or gatekeeper of the house of God in the time of David.
בֶן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
קֹרֵ֖א  of  Kore 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹרֵא  
Sense: a Korahite Levite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief porters in the reign of David.
בְּנֵ֥י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָסָֽף  of  Asaph 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָסָף  
Sense: the father of Hezekiah’s secretary.