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# doorkeeper

«doorkeeper» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (doorkeeper, doorkeepers)

### meaning for a pupil

A doorkeeper is a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in and go out, and open the door for people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A Levite who guarded the gates of the Temple and kept out what was unclean. It was an honored, sacred job that David organized into groups. Interpretation: Tradition says even humble Temple jobs were holy service; Psalm 84 says it is better to be a doorkeeper in God's house than to live in the tents of wickedness. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, the doorkeeper is a servant or guard who decides who may enter a palace, house or temple.

### examples

- For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. (Writings 1CH.26.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/#x1)
- These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari. (Writings 1CH.26.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/#x2)
- and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD 'with the instruments which I made to praise therewith.' (Writings 1CH.23.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/#x3)
- The doorkeeper asked for our tickets before we went in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/#x4)
- Only the king's friends could pass the doorkeeper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/#x5)
- The doorkeeper locked the gate at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD 'with the instruments which I made to praise therewith.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.809/)
- [For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.906/)
- [These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.925/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doorkeeper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doorkeeper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.