New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Chronicles 9:22-24

22Those who were chosenהַבְּרוּרִים֙ha.be.ru.RimH1305to be gatekeepersלְשֹׁעֲרִ֣יםle.sho.'a.RimH7778at the thresholdsבַּסִּפִּ֔יםba.si.PimH5592were 212מָאתַ֖יִם וּשְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֑רma.Ta.yim u.she.Neim 'a.SarH3967 H8147 H6240in allכֻּלָּ֤םku.LamH3605.They were registeredH3187byH3187genealogyהִתְיַחְשָׂ֔םhit.yach.SamH3187in their settlementsבְחַצְרֵיהֶם֙ve.chatz.rei.HemH2691,thoseH1992whom Davidדָּוִ֛ידda.VidH1732and Samuelוּשְׁמוּאֵ֥לu.she.mu.'ElH8050the seerהָרֹאֶ֖הha.ro.'EhH7203appointedיִסַּ֥דyi.SadH3245in their officialH530capacityH530.

23So they and their sonsוּבְנֵיהֶ֜םu.ve.nei.HemH1121were inH5921chargeH5921ofH5921the gatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֧יםha.she.'a.RimH8179of the houseלְבֵית־le.veit-H1004of the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068,the houseלְבֵ֥ית־le.Veit-H1004of the tentהָאֹ֖הֶלha.'O.helH168,in their divisionsH4931ofH4931serviceH4931.

24The gatekeepersהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑יםha.sho.'a.RimH7778wereon the fourלְאַרְבַּ֣עle.'ar.Ba'H702sidesרוּח֔וֹתru.ChotH7307,to the eastמִזְרָ֥חmiz.RachH4217,westיָ֖מָּהYa.mahH3220,northצָפ֥וֹנָהtza.Fo.nahH6828,and southוָנֶֽגְבָּה׃va.Neg.bahH5045.

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