doorkeeper
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 →
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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- The doorkeeper asked for our tickets before we went in. tree →
- Only the king's friends could pass the doorkeeper. tree →
- The doorkeeper locked the gate at night. tree →
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.'
- For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
- These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
Trees and pragmatics
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