אֵ֗לֶּה מַחְלְקוֹת֙ הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים לִבְנֵ֥י הַקָּרְחִ֖י וְלִבְנֵ֥י מְרָרִֽי
These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
World English Bible · Public Domain
1 Chronicles 26:19
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Chronicles 26:19 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
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King James Version Public Domain
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
These the divisions of the gatekeepers for the sons of the Korahite and for the sons of Merari.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.
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King James Version Public Domain
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
These are the diuisions of the porters of the sonnes of Kore, and of the sonnes of Merari.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
These are the divisions of the porters of the sons of Core, and of Merari.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
These are the courses of the gatekeepers, of the sons of the Korhite, and of the sons of Merari.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
These are the divisions of the gatekeepers, of the sons of the Korahite, and of the sons of Merari.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
These were the gatekeepers' divisions. They were filled with descendants of Korah and Merari.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
These the divisions of the gatekeepers for the sons of the Korahite and for the sons of Merari.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
These are the divisions of the doorkeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the sons of Korah and the sons of Merari.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
These were the divisions of door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites and of the sons of Merari.
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
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הַקָּרְחִ֖י
Qorchîy
H7145
“the · Korahite”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- Appears 8× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Exodus 6:24
- Part of Speech
- Particle + Noun
- Type
- Gentilic
- Gender
- Masculine
- Number
- Singular
- State
- Absolute
Full BDB Definition
Korahite = "one of Korah"
- descendants of Korah the son of Levi
- אֵ֗לֶּה ʼêl-leh H428 “these” Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural
- מַחְלְקוֹת֙ machălôqeth H4256 “courses of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct
- הַשֹּׁ֣עֲרִ֔ים shôwʻêr H7778 “the · gatekeepers” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
- לִבְנֵ֥י bên H1121 “to/for · sons of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
- הַקָּרְחִ֖י Qorchîy H7145 “the · Korahite” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- וְלִבְנֵ֥י bên H1121 “and · to/for · sons of” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
- מְרָרִֽי Mᵉrârîy H4847 “Merari” Noun, Proper
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 7
- words
- 6
- distinct lemmas
- Historical
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is הַקָּרְחִ֖י Korahite H7145 — appearing just 8 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
הַקָּרְחִ֖י Korahite H7145 occurs in 8 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 6 nouns
- 1 pronoun
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
- לִבְנֵ֥י son H1121 ×2
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 19 words from the Hebrew and 18 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 7 Hebrew tokens and 12 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
Cross-references
1Topical passages linked to 1 Chronicles 26:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Numbers 16:11 Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he who you murmur against him?
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
οὗτος ὁ διαίρεσις ὁ πυλωρός ὁ υἱός κορε καί ὁ υἱός μεραρι
These are the divisions of the porters for the sons of Core, and to the sons of Merari.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 7 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Qorchîy (“Korahite”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word Qorchîy carries the sense “Korahite.” How does it shape the verse?
- How does Exodus 6:24, which shares the word «Korahite», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “son” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Compare how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- This verse counts 7 Hebrew ↔ 12 Greek words.
- These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
- “son” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 6 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 7 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Chronicles 26:19 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch
Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)