1 Chronicles 15:18:191 Chr.15.18.W19TAB

הַשֹּׁעֲרִֽים׃

hashoarim

the gatekeepers

Transliteration
ha-sho-a-RIM
Extended
hah-shoh-ah-REEM
IPA
/haʃ.ʃoːʕăˈriːm/

Meaning by language

English
the gatekeepers

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Result
הַ + שֹּׁ + עֲ + רִֽים׃
ha + sho + a + rim
hashoarim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-sho-a-RIM

  2. clause

    ze-khar-ya-HU BEN ve-ya-a-zi-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL ve-u-NI e-li-AV u-ve-na-ya-HU u-ma-a-se-ya-HU u-ma-tit-ya-HU ve-e-lif-le-HU u-mik-ne-ya-HU ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-i-i-EL ha-sho-a-RIM

  3. sentence

    ve-im-MA-hem a-khe-HEM ha-mish-ne-NIM ze-khar-ya-HU BEN ve-ya-a-zi-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL ve-u-NI e-li-AV u-ve-na-ya-HU u-ma-a-se-ya-HU u-ma-tit-ya-HU ve-e-lif-le-HU u-mik-ne-ya-HU ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-i-i-EL ha-sho-a-RIM

Exegesis

The closing term ha-shoarim {הַשֹּׁעֲרִים | haš·šō·ʿă·rîm} ‘the gatekeepers’ is appositional, specifying the recognized temple duty associated with the final named men; English reflects this by keeping it as a trailing descriptor that completes the list.

Root and etymology

consonantsShin Ayin Resh

gate

In context1 Chronicles 15:18

And with them were their brothers, the second rank : Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers .

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 15:18:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Chronicles 15:18, so the Hebrew word הַשֹּׁעֲרִֽים׃ (hashoarim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.18.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.18.W19.S1) and character.