Who hitherto waited in the king's
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
gate
sha`ar (shah'-ar)
an opening, i.e. door or gate -- city, door, gate, port (-er).
eastward
mizrach (miz-rawkh')
sunrise, i.e. the east -- east (side, -ward), (sun-)rising (of the sun).
they were porters
show`er (sho-are')
a janitor -- doorkeeper, porter.
in the companies
machaneh (makh-an-eh')
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
of the children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Levi
Leviy (lay-vee')
attached; Levi, a son of Jacob -- Levi.
