Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust. Young's Literal Translation All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds [are] two hundred and twelve; they [are] in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office. King James Bible All these [which were] chosen to be porters in the gates [were] two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. Hebrew The numberכֻּלָּ֤ם (kul·lām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every of those chosen הַבְּרוּרִים֙ (hab·bə·rū·rîm) Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Strong's 1305: To clarify, examine, select to be gatekeepers לְשֹׁעֲרִ֣ים (lə·šō·‘ă·rîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7778: A gatekeeper at the thresholds בַּסִּפִּ֔ים (bas·sip·pîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5592: A vestibule, a dish was 212. מָאתַ֖יִם (mā·ṯa·yim) Number - fd Strong's 3967: A hundred They הֵ֤מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They were registered by genealogy הִתְיַחְשָׂ֔ם (hiṯ·yaḥ·śām) Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3187: To enroll oneself or be enrolled by genealogy in their villages. בְחַצְרֵיהֶם֙ (ḇə·ḥaṣ·rê·hem) Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 2691: A yard, a hamlet David דָּוִ֛יד (dā·wîḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse and Samuel וּשְׁמוּאֵ֥ל (ū·šə·mū·’êl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel the seer הָרֹאֶ֖ה (hā·rō·’eh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see had appointed יִסַּ֥ד (yis·saḏ) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3245: To set, to found, to sit down together, settle, consult them הֵ֣מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They to their positions of trust. בֶּאֱמוּנָתָֽם׃ (be·’ĕ·mū·nā·ṯām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 530: Firmness, steadfastness, fidelity |