1 Chronicles 9:24

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south."

Word-by-Word Analysis

In

אַרְבַּע

ʼarbaʻ

H702

four

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כָּנָף

kânâph

H3671

an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna...

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were the

שׁוֹעֵר

shôwʻêr

H7778

a janitor

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דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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the

קָדִים

qâdîym

H6921

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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יָם

yâm

H3220

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...

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צָפוֹן

tsâphôwn

H6828

properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)

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and

נֶגֶב

negeb

H5045

the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)

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Key Terms in This Verse

quarters H3671

כָּנָף kânâph

an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle

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porters H7778

שׁוֹעֵר shôwʻêr

a janitor

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west H3220

יָם yâm

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...

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north H6828

צָפוֹן tsâphôwn

properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)

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south H5045

נֶגֶב negeb

the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)

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east H6921

קָדִים qâdîym

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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four H702

אַרְבַּע ʼarbaʻ

four

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toward H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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