Ezra 3:8
Old Testament • 33 words with Strong's data
"Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שֵׁנִי
shênîy
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
שֵׁנִי
shênîy
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
חֹדֶשׁ
chôdesh
the new moon; by implication, a month
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
זְרֻבָּבֶל
Zᵉrubbâbel
Zerubbabel, an Israelite
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל
Shᵉʼaltîyʼêl
Shealtiel, an Israelite
יֵשׁוּעַ
Yêshûwaʻ
Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
שְׁאֵרִית
shᵉʼêrîyth
a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
לֵוִיִּי
Lêvîyîy
a Levite or descendant of Levi
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שְׁבוּת
shᵉbûwth
exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
מוֹעֵד
môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a ...
לֵוִיִּי
Lêvîyîy
a Levite or descendant of Levi
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
נָסַע
nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
יֵשׁוּעַ Yêshûwaʻ
Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine
Study H3442 →נָסַע nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Study H5265 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →מוֹעֵד môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; b...
Study H4150 →שְׁבוּת shᵉbûwth
exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
Study H7622 →Cross References
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto ...
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
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