The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 9:26 Explained

1 Chronicles 9:26

KJV: For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

YLT: For in office are the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,

Darby: For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;

ASV: for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For these Levites,  the four  chief  porters,  were in [their] set office,  and were over the chambers  and treasuries  of the house  of God. 

What does 1 Chronicles 9:26 Mean?

Study Notes

chambers
i.e. storehouses.

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 9:26 mean?

For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers they [were] Levites and they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God
כִּ֣י בֶאֱמוּנָ֞ה הֵ֗מָּה אַרְבַּ֙עַת֙ גִּבֹּרֵ֣י הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔ים הֵ֖ם הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהָיוּ֙ עַל־ הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת וְעַ֥ל הָאֹצְר֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים

בֶאֱמוּנָ֞ה  in  this  trusted  office 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֱמוּנָה  
Sense: firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness.
אַרְבַּ֙עַת֙  four 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
גִּבֹּרֵ֣י  chief 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔ים  gatekeepers 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
הֵ֖ם  they  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
הַלְוִיִּ֑ם  Levites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
וְהָיוּ֙  and  they  had  charge 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
עַל־  over 
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.
הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת  the  chambers 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: לִשְׁכָּה  
Sense: room, chamber, hall, cell.
הָאֹצְר֖וֹת  treasuries 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֹוצָר  
Sense: treasure, storehouse.
בֵּ֥ית  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הָאֱלֹהִֽים  of  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).

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