Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates— 172 men. Young's Literal Translation And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, those watching at the gates, [are] a hundred seventy and two. King James Bible Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, [were] an hundred seventy and two. Hebrew And the gatekeepers:וְהַשּֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙ (wə·haš·šō·w·‘ă·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7778: A gatekeeper Akkub, עַקּ֣וּב (‘aq·qūḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6126: Akkub -- the name of several Israelites Talmon, טַלְמ֔וֹן (ṭal·mō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2929: Talmon -- an Israelite name and their associates, וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם (wa·’ă·ḥê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 251: A brother, ) who kept watch הַשֹּׁמְרִ֣ים (haš·šō·mə·rîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to at the gates— בַּשְּׁעָרִ֑ים (baš·šə·‘ā·rîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate 172 men. מֵאָ֖ה (mê·’āh) Number - feminine singular Strong's 3967: A hundred |