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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-sho-a-RIM
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.