2 Chronicles 23:19:22 Chr.23.19.W2TAB
הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים
hashoarim
“the gatekeepers”
- Transliteration
- ha-sho-a-RIM
- Extended
- hah-shoh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃo.ʕaˈriːm/
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sho-a-RIM
- clause
va-ya-a-MED ha-sho-a-RIM al-sha-a-RE BET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-a-MED ha-sho-a-RIM al-sha-a-RE BET ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-ya-VO ta-ME le-KHOL-da-VAR
Exegesis
It is followed by the participle ha-shoʿarim {הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים | ha-šō-ʿa-rîm} as subject ‘the gatekeepers’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:19
And he stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD , so that no unclean person could enter for any purpose.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 23:19, so the Hebrew word הַשּׁ֣וֹעֲרִ֔ים (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 2 Chr.23.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.19.W2.S1) and character.