The Meaning of Ezra 2:22 Explained

Ezra 2:22

KJV: The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

YLT: Men of Netophah, fifty and six.

Darby: The men of Netophah, fifty-six.

ASV: The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The men  of Netophah,  fifty  and six. 

What does Ezra 2:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezra 2

1  The number that return of the people
36  of the priests
40  of the Levites
43  of the Nethinims
55  of Solomon's servants
61  of the priests who could not show their pedigree
64  The whole number of them, with their substance
68  Their offerings

What do the individual words in Ezra 2:22 mean?

The men of Netophah fifty and six
אַנְשֵׁ֥י נְטֹפָ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְשִׁשָּֽׁה

אַנְשֵׁ֥י  The  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱנׄושׁ 
Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
נְטֹפָ֖ה  of  Netophah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְטֹפָה  
Sense: a town in Judah resettled by the exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel.
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
וְשִׁשָּֽׁה  and  six 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.

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