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title: שֹׁועֵר — porter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׁועֵר (7778), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: porter. BDB 1906: n.m. porter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׁועֵר

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«שֹׁועֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **porter** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 37 times · **Key:** 7778 · **BDB:** שֹׁעֵר

### Glosses

gatekeepers (26); the.gatekeepers (4); gatekeeper (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

porter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7778/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. porter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7778/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. porter (denom. from 1. שַׁעַר);—abs. שׁוֹ׳ 2 Ch 31:14, cstr. שֹׁ׳ 2 K 7:10; 1 Ch 9:21, + f. שׁוֹעֶ֫רֶת 2 S 4:6 (for MT בֹּאוּ עַד תּ\[וֹךְ\]) We Dr HPS Bu Now after 𝔊 (Th פְּקִידַת דֶּלֶת); pl. שֹׁעֲרִים 2 K 7:11 + cstr. שֹׁעֲרֵי 2 Ch 23:4;—porter of city gate 2 K 7:10, 11 (2 S 18:26 read הַשַּׁעַר 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Th We Dr and most); portress of houses 2 S 4:6 (v. supr.); elsewhere (34 times Ch Ezr Ne) of gate-keepers in sanctuary 1 Ch 9:17, 18, 24 +; 4,000 in no., 23:5; שׁ׳ פֶּתַח לְאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד 9:21; שֹׁעֲרִים בַּסִּפִּים v 22; שׁ׳ לָאָרוֹן 15:23, 24; שֹׁעֲרֵי הַסִּפִּים 2 Ch 23:4; בְּנֵי הַשֹּׁעֲרִים Ezr 2:42.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (20 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (16 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֹׁועֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7778/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 9:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.21/)

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זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּ֣ן מְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֔ה שֹׁעֵ֥ר פֶּ֖תַח לְאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* Zechariah the.son of.Meshelemiah \[was\].a.gatekeeper of.the.entrance of the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.

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[1 Chronicles 15:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.23/)

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וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙ וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים לָאָרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and Berekiah and Elkanah gatekeepers for the ark

*JPS 1917:* And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

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