{
"verseID": "2 Chronicles.8.14",
"source": "וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד כְּמִשְׁפַּ֣ט דָּֽוִיד־אָ֠בִיו אֶת־מַחְלְק֨וֹת הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים עַל־עֲבֹדָתָ֗ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם עַל־מִ֠שְׁמְרוֹתָם לְהַלֵּ֨ל וּלְשָׁרֵ֜ת נֶ֤גֶד הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לִדְבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥ים בְּמַחְלְקוֹתָ֖ם לְשַׁ֣עַר וָשָׁ֑עַר כִּ֣י כֵ֔ן מִצְוַ֖ת דָּוִ֥יד אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃",
"text": "*wa-yaʿămēd kə-mišpaṭ dāwîd-ʾābîw ʾet-maḥləqôt ha-kōhănîm ʿal-ʿăbōdātām wə-ha-ləwiyyîm ʿal-mišmərôtām lə-hallēl û-lə-šārēt neged ha-kōhănîm li-dbar-yôm bə-yômô wə-ha-šôʿărîm bə-maḥləqôtām lə-šaʿar wā-šāʿar kî kēn miṣwat dāwîd ʾîš-hā-ʾĕlōhîm*",
"grammar": {
"*wa-yaʿămēd*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3ms - and he appointed/established",
"*kə-mišpaṭ*": "preposition + noun ms construct - according to ordinance of",
"*dāwîd-ʾābîw*": "proper noun + noun ms + 3ms suffix - David his father",
"*ʾet-maḥləqôt*": "direct object marker + noun fp construct - the divisions of",
"*ha-kōhănîm*": "definite article + noun mp - the priests",
"*ʿal-ʿăbōdātām*": "preposition + noun fs + 3mp suffix - over their service",
"*wə-ha-ləwiyyîm*": "conjunction + definite article + noun mp - and the Levites",
"*ʿal-mišmərôtām*": "preposition + noun fp + 3mp suffix - over their watches/duties",
"*lə-hallēl*": "preposition + piel infinitive construct - to praise",
"*û-lə-šārēt*": "conjunction + preposition + piel infinitive construct - and to minister",
"*neged*": "preposition - before/opposite",
"*ha-kōhănîm*": "definite article + noun mp - the priests",
"*li-dbar-yôm*": "preposition + noun ms construct + noun ms - for matter of day",
"*bə-yômô*": "preposition + noun ms + 3ms suffix - in its day",
"*wə-ha-šôʿărîm*": "conjunction + definite article + qal participle mp - and the gatekeepers",
"*bə-maḥləqôtām*": "preposition + noun fp + 3mp suffix - in their divisions",
"*lə-šaʿar*": "preposition + noun ms - for gate",
"*wā-šāʿar*": "conjunction + noun ms - and gate",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*kēn*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*miṣwat*": "noun fs construct - command of",
"*dāwîd*": "proper noun ms - David",
"*ʾîš*": "noun ms construct - man of",
"*hā-ʾĕlōhîm*": "definite article + noun mp - the God/divine being"
},
"variants": {
"*yaʿămēd*": "appointed/established/set",
"*mišpaṭ*": "ordinance/judgment/custom",
"*maḥləqôt*": "divisions/courses",
"*ʿăbōdāt*": "service/work/ministry",
"*mišmərôt*": "watches/duties/charges",
"*hallēl*": "to praise/to extol",
"*šārēt*": "to minister/to serve",
"*šôʿărîm*": "gatekeepers/doorkeepers",
"*ʾîš-hā-ʾĕlōhîm*": "man of God/divine man"
}
}