2 Chronicles 23:4:112 Chr.23.4.W11TAB
לְשֹֽׁעֲרֵ֖י
leshoare
“as gatekeepers of”
- Transliteration
- le-sho-a-RE
- Extended
- leh-shoh-ah-REH
- IPA
- /ləʃoːʕăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as gatekeepers of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-sho-a-RE
- clause
ha-she-li-SHIT mi-KEM ba-E ha-sha-BAT la-kho-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM le-sho-a-RE ha-si-PIM
- sentence
ZE ha-da-VAR a-SHER ta-a-SU ha-she-li-SHIT mi-KEM ba-E ha-sha-BAT la-kho-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM le-sho-a-RE ha-si-PIM
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrases la-kōhănîm wǝ-la-lǝwîyîm {לַכֹּהֲנִים וְלַלְוִיִּים | la-kōhănîm wǝ-la-lǝwîyîm} “to the priests and to the Levites” narrow the participants, and the infinitive construct lǝ-šōʿărê ha-sippîm {לְשֹׁעֲרֵי הַסִּפִּים | lǝ-šōʿărê ha-sippîm} “to serve as gatekeepers at the thresholds” assigns their duty. The Hebrew structure proceeds from general command to precise allocation, mirrored in the formal by an appositive em dash and in the dynamic by clear role phrasing.
Root and etymology
š-ʿ-r
“gate, entrance”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:4
This is what you are to do: one third of you who come on the Sabbath—those from the priests and the Levites—shall serve as gatekeepers at the thresholds .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 23:4, so the Hebrew word לְשֹֽׁעֲרֵ֖י (leshoare) 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.23.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.4.W11.S1) and character.