The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 9:27 Explained

1 Chronicles 9:27

KJV: And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

YLT: and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them is the watch, and they are over the opening, even morning by morning.

Darby: for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

ASV: And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they lodged  round about  the house  of God,  because the charge  [was] upon them, and the opening  thereof every morning  [pertained] to them. 

What does 1 Chronicles 9:27 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 9:27 mean?

And [all] around the house of God they lodged because they [had] the responsibility and they [were] In charge of opening [it] and every morning
וּסְבִיב֥וֹת בֵּית־ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יָלִ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־ עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת וְהֵ֥ם עַל־ הַמַּפְתֵּ֖חַ וְלַבֹּ֥קֶר לַבֹּֽקֶר

וּסְבִיב֥וֹת  And  [all]  around 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
בֵּית־  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים  of  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
יָלִ֑ינוּ  they  lodged 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: לוּן 
Sense: to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide.
כִּֽי־  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם  they  [had] 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
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.
מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת  the  responsibility 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִשְׁמֶרֶת  
Sense: guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch.
וְהֵ֥ם  and  they  [were] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
עַל־  In  charge  of 
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.
הַמַּפְתֵּ֖חַ  opening  [it] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִפְתָּח  
Sense: opening, utterance.
לַבֹּֽקֶר  every  morning 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.

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