1 Chronicles 15:24:181 Chr.15.24.W18TAB
שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים
shoarim
“gatekeepers”
- Transliteration
- sho-a-RIM
- Extended
- shoh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʃoː.ʕăˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- gatekeepers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
sho-a-RIM
- clause
ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-khi-YA sho-a-RIM la-a-RON
- sentence
u-she-van-YA-hu ve-yo-sha-FAT u-ne-tan-EL va-a-ma-SAI u-ze-khar-YA-hu u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-e-li-E-zer ha-ko-ha-NIM me-kha-tsa-tsa-RIM makh-tse-RIM ba-kha-tso-tse-ROT lif-NE a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-khi-YA sho-a-RIM la-a-RON
Exegesis
The second clause uses the participle shoarim {שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים | šō-ʿə-rîm} to denote the custodial role. The English structure preserves the parallelism of ritual (trumpet blowing) and guardian duties.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin Ayin Resh
“gate”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:24
Shebaniah, Jehoshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—blew trumpets before the ark of God . Obed-Edom and Jehiya were doorkeepers for the ark .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:24:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Chronicles 15:24, so the Hebrew word שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים (shoarim) 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.15.24.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.24.W18.S1) and character.