Nehemiah 12:25
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

Young's Literal Translation
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [are] gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates.

King James Bible
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [were] porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

Hebrew
Mattaniah,
מַתַּנְיָ֧ה (mat·tan·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4983: Mattaniah -- 'gift of Yah', the last king of Judah, also a number of Israelites

Bakbukiah,
וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֛ה (ū·ḇaq·buq·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1229: Bakbukiah -- 'emptying of Yah', a Levite

Obadiah,
עֹבַדְיָ֥ה (‘ō·ḇaḏ·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5662: Obadiah -- 'servant of Yah', the name of a number of Israelites

Meshullam,
מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם (mə·šul·lām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4918: Meshullam -- the name of a number of Israelites

Talmon,
טַלְמ֣וֹן (ṭal·mō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2929: Talmon -- an Israelite name

[and] Akkub
עַקּ֑וּב (‘aq·qūḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6126: Akkub -- the name of several Israelites

[were] gatekeepers
שֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙ (šō·w·‘ă·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7778: A gatekeeper

who guarded
שֹׁמְרִ֤ים (šō·mə·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

the storerooms
בַּאֲסֻפֵּ֖י (ba·’ă·sup·pê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 624: Collected, a collection of offerings)

at the gates.
הַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃ (haš·šə·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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