Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south. Young's Literal Translation At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south. King James Bible In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. Hebrew The gatekeepersהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים (haš·šō·‘ă·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7778: A gatekeeper were stationed יִהְי֖וּ (yih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be on the four לְאַרְבַּ֣ע (lə·’ar·ba‘) Preposition-l | Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 702: Four sides: רוּח֔וֹת (rū·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit east, מִזְרָ֥ח (miz·rāḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4217: Place of sunrise, the east west, יָ֖מָּה (yām·māh) Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin north, צָפ֥וֹנָה (ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh) Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter and south. וָנֶֽגְבָּה׃ (wā·neḡ·bāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 5045: South country, the Negeb, south |
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