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1 Chronicles 9:22

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[And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.	All these [which were] chosen to be porters in the gates [were] two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.	So they and their children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, [namely], the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

All these which were chosen^H1305 to be porters^H7778 in the gates^H5592 were two hundred^H3967 and twelve^{H8147 H6240}. These were reckoned by their genealogy^H3187 in their villages^H2691, whom^H1992 David^H1732 and Samuel^H8050 the seer^H7200 did ordain^H3245 in their set office^H530.

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Original Hebrew

כֻּלָּם הַבְּרוּרִים לְשֹׁעֲרִים בַּסִּפִּים מָאתַיִם וּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר הֵמָּה בְחַצְרֵיהֶם הִתְיַחְשָׂם הֵמָּה יִסַּד דָּוִיד וּשְׁמוּאֵל הָרֹאֶה בֶּאֱמוּנָתָם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כֻּלָּ֤/ם	ku.La/m	H3605	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	all of/ them
הַ/בְּרוּרִים֙	ha./be.ru.Rim	H1305	HTd/Vqsmpa	who/ had been chosen
לְ/שֹׁעֲרִ֣ים	le./sho.'a.Rim	H7778	HR/Ncmpa	to/ gatekeepers
בַּ/סִּפִּ֔ים	ba./si.Pim	H5592	HRd/Ncmpa	at the/ thresholds
מָאתַ֖יִם	ma.Ta.yim	H3967	HAcbda	(were) two hundred
וּ/שְׁנֵ֣ים	u./she.Neim	H8147	HC/Acmda	and/ two (plus)
עָשָׂ֑ר	'a.Sar	H6240	HAcmsa	ten
הֵ֤מָּה	He.mah	H1992	HPp3mp	they
בְ/חַצְרֵי/הֶם֙	ve./chatz.rei./Hem	H2691	HR/Ncbpc/Sp3mp	(was) in/ villages/ their
הִתְיַחְשָׂ֔/ם	hit.yach.Sa/m	H3187	HVtc/Sp3mp	recording genealogy/ they
הֵ֣מָּה	He.mah	H1992	HPp3mp	them
יִסַּ֥ד	yi.Sad	H3245	HVpp3ms	he had appointed
דָּוִ֛יד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
וּ/שְׁמוּאֵ֥ל	u./she.mu.'El	H8050	HC/Np	and/ Samuel
הָ/רֹאֶ֖ה	ha./ro.'Eh	H7200	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ seer
בֶּ/אֱמוּנָתָֽ/ם	be./'e.mu.na.Ta/m	H530	HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp	in/ faithfulness/ their

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H530 — אֱמוּנָה (ʼĕmûwnâh, em-oo-naw'): or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה; feminine of אֵמוּן; literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity; faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
• H1305 — בָּרַר (bârar, baw-rar'): a primitive root; to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select; make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
• H2691 — חָצֵר (châtsêr, khaw-tsare'): (masculine and feminine); from חָצַר in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls); court, tower, village.
• H3187 — יָחַשׂ (yâchas, yaw-khas'): a primitive root; to sprout; used only as denominative from יַחַשׂ; to enroll by pedigree; (number after, number throughout the) genealogy (to be reckoned), be reckoned by genealogies.
• H3245 — יָסַד (yâçad, yaw-sad'): a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult; appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H5592 — סַף (çaph, saf): from סָפַף, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine); bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.
• H6240 — עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'): for עֶשֶׂר; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth; (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7778 — שׁוֹעֵר (shôwʻêr, sho-are'): or שֹׁעֵר active participle of שָׁעַר (as denominative from שַׁעַר); a janitor; doorkeeper, porter.
• H8050 — שְׁמוּאֵל (Shᵉmûwʼêl, sehm-oo-ale'): from the passive participle of שָׁמַע and אֵל; heard of God; Shemuel, the name of three Israelites; Samuel, Shemuel.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

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