2 Chronicles 23:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖ית בְּשַׁ֣עַר הַיְס֑וֹד וְכָל־הָעָ֔ם בְּחַצְר֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And the šəlišîṯ in bêṯ the meleḵ and the šəlišîṯ in šaʿar the yəsôḏ and all-the ʿām in ḥaṣrôṯ bêṯ YHWH.

Grammar Details

*šəlišîṯ*: noun, feminine singular - third part
*bêṯ*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular - king
*šaʿar*: noun, masculine singular construct - gate of
*yəsôḏ*: noun, masculine singular - foundation
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people
*ḥaṣrôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - courts of
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD

Word Meanings

*šəlišîṯ*: third part/third division/third group
*šaʿar*: gate/portal/entrance
*yəsôḏ*: foundation/base/ground
*ḥaṣrôṯ*: courts/courtyards/enclosures

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 11:5-6 : 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house; 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
Ezek 44:2-3 : 2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. 3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
Ezek 46:2-3 : 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
Acts 3:2 : 2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

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