1 Chronicles 26:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַחְלְק֖וֹת לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑ים לַקָּרְחִ֕ים מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־קֹרֵ֖א מִן־בְּנֵ֥י אָסָֽף׃

Transliteration

For maḥlĕqôt of šōʿărîm: for the qārĕḥîm mĕšelĕmĕyāhû son-of-qōrēʾ from-sons-of ʾāsāp.

Grammar Details

• *maḥlĕqôt*: feminine plural construct - divisions/groups
• *šōʿărîm*: masculine plural - gatekeepers/doorkeepers
• *qārĕḥîm*: masculine plural - Korahites (descendants of Korah)
• *mĕšelĕmĕyāhû*: proper name, masculine singular - Meshelemiah
• *qōrēʾ*: proper name, masculine singular - Kore
• *ʾāsāp*: proper name, masculine singular - Asaph

Word Meanings

• *maḥlĕqôt*: divisions/distributions/assignments
• *šōʿărîm*: gatekeepers/porters/doorkeepers
• *qārĕḥîm*: Korahites/descendants of Korah
• *bĕnê*: sons of/descendants of

Referenced Verses

• Num 26:9-9 : 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. 11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
• 1 Chr 6:37 : 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
• 1 Chr 9:17-27 : 17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. 20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him. 21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 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. 23 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. 24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. 25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. 26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. 27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
• 1 Chr 15:18 : 18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
• 1 Chr 15:23-24 : 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• 2 Chr 23:19 : 19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
• Ps 44:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, Maschil{H8688)}. We have heard{H8804)} with our ears, O God, our fathers have told{H8765)} us, what work thou didst{H8804)} in their days, in the times of old.
• Ps 49:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear{H8798)} this, all ye people; give ear{H8685)}, all ye inhabitants{H8802)} of the world: