The Meaning of Nehemiah 11:14 Explained

Nehemiah 11:14

KJV: And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.

YLT: and their brethren, mighty of valour, a hundred twenty and eight; and an inspector over them is Zabdiel, son of one of the great men.

Darby: and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred and twenty-eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Gedolim.

ASV: and their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And their brethren,  mighty men  of valour,  an hundred  twenty  and eight:  and their overseer  [was] Zabdiel,  the son  of [one of] the great men. 

What does Nehemiah 11:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 11

1  The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem
3  A catalogue of their names
20  Those who remain dwell in other cities

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 11:14 mean?

and their brothers [were] mighty men of valor a hundred twenty and eight and their overseer [was] Zabdiel the son of [one of] the great men -
וַאֲחֵיהֶם֙ גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי חַ֔יִל מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וּשְׁמֹנָ֑ה וּפָקִ֣יד עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם זַבְדִּיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־ הַגְּדוֹלִֽים ס

וַאֲחֵיהֶם֙  and  their  brothers  [were] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
גִּבּ֣וֹרֵי  mighty  men 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
חַ֔יִל  of  valor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חַיִל 
Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.
מֵאָ֖ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וּשְׁמֹנָ֑ה  and  eight 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמֹנֶה  
Sense: eight, eighth.
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם  their  overseer  [was] 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
זַבְדִּיאֵ֖ל  Zabdiel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זַבְדִּיאֵל  
Sense: father of Jashobeam, the chief of David’s guard.
בֶּן־  the  son  of  [one  of] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הַגְּדוֹלִֽים  the  great  men 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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