The Meaning of Ezra 2:26 Explained

Ezra 2:26

KJV: The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.

YLT: Sons of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

Darby: The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one.

ASV: The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The children  of Ramah  and Gaba,  six  hundred  twenty  and one. 

What does Ezra 2:26 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 2:26 mean?

The sons of Ramah and Geba six hundred twenty and one -
בְּנֵ֤י הָרָמָה֙ וָגָ֔בַע שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאֶחָֽד ס

בְּנֵ֤י  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הָרָמָה֙  of  Ramah 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: רָמָה 
Sense: a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah.
וָגָ֔בַע  and  Geba 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֶּבַע  
Sense: a city in Benjamin, modern ‘Jeba’, which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, six miles or ten kilometres north east of Jerusalem and three miles or five kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern ‘Mukhmas’.
שֵׁ֥שׁ  six 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְאֶחָֽד  and  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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