King James Version

1 Chronicles 26:1

Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

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לְמַחְלְק֖וֹתlemachleqotto companyמַחֲלֹקֶתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “to company”, the ordinary formH4256a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)company, course, division, portion. See also H5555 (סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת).לְשֹׁעֲרִ֑יםleshoarimto doorkeeperשׁוֹעֵרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to doorkeeper”, the ordinary formH7778a janitordoorkeeper, porter.לַקָּרְחִ֕יםlaqarechimto Korahiteקׇרְחִיpreposition, with the article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “to Korahite”, the ordinary formH7145a Korchite (collectively) or descendants of KorachKorahite, Korathite, sons of Kore, Korhite.מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֥הוּmeshelemyahvMeshelemiahמְשֶׁלֶמְיָהnoun, proper name — “Meshelemiah”H4920Meshelemjah, an IsraeliteMeshelemiah.בֶןvensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […קֹרֵ֖אqoreKoreקוֹרֵאnoun, proper name — “Kore”H6981Kore, the name of two IsraelitesKore.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.בְּנֵ֥יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […אָסָֽףasafAsaphאָסָףnoun, proper name — “Asaph”H623Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the firstAsaph.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

Young’s Literal Translation

For the courses of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites [is] Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;

World English Bible

For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

Darby Translation

The divisions of the doorkeepers. Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

Douay-Rheims

And the divisions of the porters: of the Corites Meselemia, the son of Core, of the sons of Asaph.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And for the divisions of the gates: the sons of the Corites were Mosellemia, of the sons of Asaph.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἰς διαιρέσεις τῶν πυλῶν, υἱοὶ Κορεῒμ Μοσελλεμία ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀσάφ.