2 Chronicles 34:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.

Young's Literal Translation
and over the burden-bearers, and overseers of every one doing work for service and service; and of the Levites [are] scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.

King James Bible
Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens, and [were] overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites [there were] scribes, and officers, and porters.

Hebrew
were over
וְעַ֣ל (wə·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the laborers
הַסַּבָּלִ֗ים (has·sab·bā·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5449: Burden bearer

and supervised
וּֽמְנַצְּחִים֙ (ū·mə·naṣ·ṣə·ḥîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent

all
לְכֹל֙ (lə·ḵōl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who did
עֹשֵׂ֣ה (‘ō·śêh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

the work,
מְלָאכָ֔ה (mə·lā·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property

task
לַעֲבוֹדָ֖ה (la·‘ă·ḇō·w·ḏāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5656: Work of any kind

by task.
וַעֲבוֹדָ֑ה (wa·‘ă·ḇō·w·ḏāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5656: Work of any kind

Some of the Levites
וּמֵֽהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (ū·mê·hal·wî·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

were secretaries,
סוֹפְרִ֥ים (sō·wp̄·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate

officers,
וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים (wə·šō·ṭə·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7860: A scribe, an official superintendent, magistrate

and gatekeepers.
וְשׁוֹעֲרִֽים׃ (wə·šō·w·‘ă·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7778: A gatekeeper

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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