The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 9:18 Explained

1 Chronicles 9:18

KJV: Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

YLT: and hitherto they are at the gate of the king eastward; they are the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

Darby: And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.

ASV: who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Who hitherto [waited] in the king's  gate  eastward:  they [were] porters  in the companies  of the children  of Levi. 

What does 1 Chronicles 9:18 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 9:18 mean?

and Until then at Gate of the King on the east They [had been] gatekeepers for the camps of the sons of Levi
וְֽעַד־ הֵ֔נָּה בְּשַׁ֥עַר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מִזְרָ֑חָה הֵ֚מָּה הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים לְמַחֲנ֖וֹת בְּנֵ֥י לֵוִֽי

הֵ֔נָּה  Until  then 
Parse: Adverb
Root: הֵנָּה  
Sense: here, there, now, hither.
בְּשַׁ֥עַר  at  Gate 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ  of  the  King 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
מִזְרָ֑חָה  on  the  east 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
הֵ֚מָּה  They  [had  been] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים  gatekeepers 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
לְמַחֲנ֖וֹת  for  the  camps 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
בְּנֵ֥י  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לֵוִֽי  of  Levi 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵוִי 
Sense: the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah and progenitor of tribe of Levites.