Nehemiah 8:4
Old Testament • 26 words with Strong's data
"And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָפַר
çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
מִגְדָּל
migdâl
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
חֵפֶץ
chêphets
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
מַתִּתְיָה
Mattithyâh
Mattithjah, the name of four Israelites
שֶׁמַע
Shemaʻ
Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites
עֲנָיָה
ʻĂnâyâh
Anajah, the name of two Israelites
אוּרִיָּה
ʼÛwrîyâh
Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
חִלְקִיָּה
Chilqîyâh
Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites
מַעֲשֵׂיָה
Maʻăsêyâh
Maasejah, the name of sixteen Israelites
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
פְּדָיָה
Pᵉdâyâh
Pedajah, the name of six Israelites
מִישָׁאֵל
Mîyshâʼêl
Mishael, the name of three Israelites
מַלְכִּיָּה
Malkîyâh
Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites
חָשֻׁם
Châshum
Chashum, the name of two or three Israelites
English grammatical function word ('hashbadana'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equival...
זְכַרְיָה
Zᵉkaryâh
Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites
מְשֻׁלָּם
Mᵉshullâm
Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites
Key Terms in This Verse
מִגְדָּל migdâl
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
Study H4026 →English grammatical function word ('hashbadana'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are...
Study GRAM →שֶׁמַע Shemaʻ
Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites
Study H8087 →Cross References
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.
Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
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