מַחֲנֵ֣ה to the dwelling ma·ḥă·nêh יְהוָ֔ה of YHWH . Yah·weh 1 Chronicles 9:20 לְפָנִ֖ים In earlier times lə·p̄ā·nîm וּפִֽינְחָ֣ס Phinehas ū·p̄î·nə·ḥās בֶּן־ son ben- אֶלְעָזָ֗ר of Eleazar ’el·‘ā·zār הָיָ֧ה had been hā·yāh נָגִ֨יד in charge nā·ḡîḏ עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם of [the gatekeepers] , ‘ă·lê·hem יְהוָ֥ה׀ and YHWH Yah·weh עִמּֽוֹ׃ was with him . ‘im·mōw 1 Chronicles 9:21 זְכַרְיָה֙ Zechariah zə·ḵar·yāh בֶּ֣ן son ben מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה of Meshelemiah mə·še·lem·yāh שֹׁעֵ֥ר was the gatekeeper šō·‘êr פֶּ֖תַח at the entrance pe·ṯaḥ לְאֹ֥הֶל to the Tent lə·’ō·hel מוֹעֵֽד׃ of Meeting . mō·w·‘êḏ 1 Chronicles 9:22 כֻּלָּ֤ם The number kul·lām הַבְּרוּרִים֙ of those chosen hab·bə·rū·rîm לְשֹׁעֲרִ֣ים to be gatekeepers lə·šō·‘ă·rîm בַּסִּפִּ֔ים at the thresholds bas·sip·pîm מָאתַ֖יִם was 212 mā·ṯa·yim וּשְׁנֵ֣ים . . . ū·šə·nêm עָשָׂ֑ר . . . . ‘ā·śār הֵ֤מָּה They hêm·māh הִתְיַחְשָׂ֔ם were registered by genealogy hiṯ·yaḥ·śām בְחַצְרֵיהֶם֙ in their villages . ḇə·ḥaṣ·rê·hem דָּוִ֛יד David dā·wîḏ וּשְׁמוּאֵ֥ל and Samuel ū·šə·mū·’êl הָרֹאֶ֖ה the seer hā·rō·’eh יִסַּ֥ד had appointed yis·saḏ הֵ֣מָּה them hêm·māh בֶּאֱמוּנָתָֽם׃ to their positions of trust . be·’ĕ·mū·nā·ṯām 1 Chronicles 9:23 וְהֵ֨ם So they wə·hêm וּבְנֵיהֶ֜ם and their descendants ū·ḇə·nê·hem עַל־ were assigned to ‘al- לְמִשְׁמָרֽוֹת׃ guard lə·miš·mā·rō·wṯ הַשְּׁעָרִ֧ים the gates haš·šə·‘ā·rîm לְבֵית־ of the house lə·ḇêṯ- יְהוָ֛ה of YHWH — Yah·weh לְבֵ֥ית־ the house lə·ḇêṯ- הָאֹ֖הֶל called the Tent . hā·’ō·hel 1 Chronicles 9:24 הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים The gatekeepers haš·šō·‘ă·rîm יִהְי֖וּ were stationed yih·yū לְאַרְבַּ֣ע on the four lə·’ar·ba‘ רוּח֔וֹת sides : rū·ḥō·wṯ מִזְרָ֥ח east , miz·rāḥ יָ֖מָּה west , yām·māh צָפ֥וֹנָה north , ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh וָנֶֽגְבָּה׃ and south . wā·neḡ·bāh 1 Chronicles 9:25 וַאֲחֵיהֶ֨ם Their relatives wa·’ă·ḥê·hem לָב֨וֹא came lā·ḇō·w בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֜ם from their villages bə·ḥaṣ·rê·hem מֵעֵ֥ת at fixed times mê·‘êṯ אֶל־ . . . ’el- עֵ֖ת . . . ‘êṯ עִם־ to serve with ‘im- אֵֽלֶּה׃ them ’êl·leh לְשִׁבְעַ֧ת for seven-day periods lə·šiḇ·‘aṯ הַיָּמִ֛ים . . . . hay·yā·mîm 1 Chronicles 9:26 כִּ֣י But kî בֶאֱמוּנָ֞ה . . . ḇe·’ĕ·mū·nāh אַרְבַּ֙עַת֙ the four ’ar·ba·‘aṯ גִּבֹּרֵ֣י chief gib·bō·rê הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔ים gatekeepers , haš·šō·‘ă·rîm הֵ֖ם . . . hêm הֵ֗מָּה who hêm·māh הַלְוִיִּ֑ם were Levites , hal·wî·yim וְהָיוּ֙ were wə·hā·yū עַל־ entrusted with ‘al- הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת the rooms hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ וְעַ֥ל . . . wə·‘al הָאֹצְר֖וֹת and the treasuries hā·’ō·ṣə·rō·wṯ בֵּ֥ית of the house bêṯ הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ of God . hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm

