The Meaning of Ezra 2:55 Explained

Ezra 2:55

KJV: The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

YLT: Sons of the servants of Solomon: sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Peruda,

Darby: The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

ASV: The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The children  of Solomon's  servants:  the children  of Sotai,  the children  of Sophereth,  the children  of Peruda, 

What does Ezra 2:55 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 2:55 mean?

The sons of servants of Solomon the sons of Sotai of Sophereth of Peruda
בְּנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה בְּנֵי־ סֹטַ֥י הַסֹּפֶ֖רֶת פְרוּדָֽא

בְּנֵ֖י  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַבְדֵ֣י  of  servants 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה  of  Solomon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁלֹמֹה  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
בְּנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
סֹטַ֥י  of  Sotai 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: סׄוטַי  
Sense: ancestor of a family of Solomon’s servants who returned from exile with Zerubbabel.
הַסֹּפֶ֖רֶת  of  Sophereth 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הַסֹּפֶרֶת 
Sense: an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel.
פְרוּדָֽא  of  Peruda 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פְּרוּדָא 
Sense: an ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel.

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