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לְאַרְבַּ֣עlearbato fourאַרְבַּעpreposition, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “to four”, the ordinary formH702fourfour.רוּח֔וֹתruchotangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “anger”, the ordinary formH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).יִהְי֖וּyihyvbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑יםhashoarimthe doorkeeperשׁוֹעֵרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the doorkeeper”, the ordinary formH7778a janitordoorkeeper, porter.מִזְרָ֥חmizracheastמִזְרָחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “east”, the ordinary formH4217sunrise, i.e. the easteast (side, -ward), (sun-) rising (of the sun).יָ֖מָּהyamahseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a 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 southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).צָפ֥וֹנָהtsafonahnorthצָפוֹןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “north”, the ordinary formH6828properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).וָנֶֽגְבָּהvanegbahand southנֶגֶבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “and south”, the ordinary formH5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)south (country, side, -ward).
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
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American Standard Version (1901)
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Young’s Literal Translation
At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.
World English Bible
On the four sides were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Darby Translation
At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Douay-Rheims
In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
The gates were toward the four winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward.
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