The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 23:4 Explained

2 Chronicles 23:4

KJV: This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

YLT: This is the thing that ye do: The third of you, going in on the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, are for gatekeepers of the thresholds,

Darby: This is the thing which ye shall do: a third part of you that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be keepers of the doors;

ASV: This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This [is] the thing  that ye shall do;  A third part  of you entering  on the sabbath,  of the priests  and of the Levites,  [shall be] porters  of the doors; 

What does 2 Chronicles 23:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 23

1  Jehoiada, having set things in order, makes joash king
12  Athaliah is slain
16  Jehoiada restores the worship of God

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 23:4 mean?

This [is] the thing what you shall do a third of you entering on the Sabbath of the priests and the Levites [shall be] keeping watch over the doors
זֶ֥ה הַדָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֨ית מִכֶּ֜ם בָּאֵ֣י הַשַּׁבָּ֗ת לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְלַלְוִיִּ֔ם לְשֹֽׁעֲרֵ֖י הַסִּפִּֽים

זֶ֥ה  This  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
הַדָּבָ֖ר  the  thing 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ  you  shall  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֨ית  a  third 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal feminine singular
Root: שְׁלִישִׁי 
Sense: third, one third, third part, third time.
מִכֶּ֜ם  of  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
בָּאֵ֣י  entering 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַשַּׁבָּ֗ת  on  the  Sabbath 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙  of  the  priests 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
וְלַלְוִיִּ֔ם  and  the  Levites 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
לְשֹֽׁעֲרֵ֖י  [shall  be]  keeping  watch  over 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
הַסִּפִּֽים  the  doors 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: סַף 
Sense: a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl.