The Meaning of Ezra 2:29 Explained

Ezra 2:29

KJV: The children of Nebo, fifty and two.

YLT: Sons of Nebo, fifty and two.

Darby: The children of Nebo, fifty-two.

ASV: The children of Nebo, fifty and two.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The children  of Nebo,  fifty  and two. 

What does Ezra 2:29 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 2:29 mean?

The sons of Nebo fifty and two -
בְּנֵ֥י נְב֖וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם ס

בְּנֵ֥י  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
נְב֖וֹ  of  Nebo 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְבֹו 
Sense: a Babylonian deity who presided over learning and letters; corresponds to Greek Hermes, Latin Mercury, and Egyptian Thoth.
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
וּשְׁנָֽיִם  and  two 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation