The Meaning of Nehemiah 10:8 Explained

Nehemiah 10:8

KJV: Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

YLT: Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests.

Darby: Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

ASV: Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Maaziah,  Bilgai,  Shemaiah:  these [were] the priests. 

What does Nehemiah 10:8 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 10

1  The names of those who sealed the covenant
29  The points of the covenant

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 10:8 mean?

Maaziah Bilgai [and] Shemaiah These [were] the priests -
מַֽעַזְיָ֥ה בִלְגַּ֖י שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑ה אֵ֖לֶּה הַכֹּהֲנִֽים ס

מַֽעַזְיָ֥ה  Maaziah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַעַזְיָה 
Sense: a priest in charge of the 24th course in the time of David.
בִלְגַּ֖י  Bilgai 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּלְגַּי  
Sense: a priest who covenanted with Nehemiah.
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑ה  [and]  Shemaiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמַעְיָה 
Sense: a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah.
אֵ֖לֶּה  These  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
הַכֹּהֲנִֽים  the  priests 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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