זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּ֣ן מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה שֹׁעֵ֥ר פֶּ֖תַח לְאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
World English Bible · Public Domain
1 Chronicles 9:21
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Chronicles 9:21 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
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
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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.
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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
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, the gatekeeper of the entrance to the tent of meeting.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Zechariah the sonne of Meshelemiah was the porter of the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And Zacharias the son of Mosollamia, was porter of the gate of the tabernacle of the testimony:
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah `is' gatekeeper at the opening of the tent of meeting.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah [is] gatekeeper at the opening of the Tent of Meeting.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was guard of the entrance to the temple, the “tent of meeting.”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, the gatekeeper of the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was doorkeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting.
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
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מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה
Mᵉshelemyâh
H4920
“Meshelemiah”
Noun, Proper
- Appears 4× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Type
- Proper
Full BDB Definition
Meshelemiah = "whom Jehovah repays"
- a Korhite Levite porter or gatekeeper of the house of God in the time of David
- זְכַרְיָה֙ Zᵉkaryâh H2148 “Zechariah” Noun, Proper
- בֶּ֣ן bên H1121 “son of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה Mᵉshelemyâh H4920 “Meshelemiah” Noun, Proper
- שֹׁעֵ֥ר shôwʻêr H7778 “gatekeeper” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- פֶּ֖תַח pethach H6607 “doorway” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- לְאֹ֥הֶל ʼôhel H168 “to/for · tent of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- מוֹעֵֽד môwʻêd H4150 “appointed time” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
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
- 7
- distinct lemmas
- Historical
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה Meshelemiah H4920 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:
- מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה Meshelemiah H4920
Shared distinctive vocabulary
מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה Meshelemiah H4920 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 7 nouns
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 15 words from the Hebrew and 15 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.
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 10 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
2Topical passages linked to 1 Chronicles 9:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 26:14 The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
- 1 Chronicles 26:2 Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
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.
ζαχαριας υἱός μασαλαμι πυλωρός ὁ θύρα ὁ σκηνή ὁ μαρτύριον
Zacharias the son of Mosollami was keeper of the door of the tabernacle of witness.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
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 (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Mᵉshelemyâh (“Meshelemiah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word Mᵉshelemyâh carries the sense “Meshelemiah.” How does it shape the verse?
- This is the first place “Meshelemiah” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
- How does 1 Chronicles 26:1, which shares the word «Meshelemiah», read alongside this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Compare how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- This verse counts 7 Hebrew ↔ 10 Greek words.
- These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
- 7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 7 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Chronicles 9:21 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 →
Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
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.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
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.)