The Meaning of Nehemiah 11:18 Explained

Nehemiah 11:18

KJV: All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

YLT: All the Levites, in the holy city, are two hundred eighty and four.

Darby: all the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

ASV: All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All the Levites  in the holy  city  [were] two hundred  fourscore  and four. 

What does Nehemiah 11:18 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 11:18 mean?

All the Levites [were] in city the holy two hundred eighty and four -
כָּל־ הַלְוִיִּם֙ בְּעִ֣יר הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ מָאתַ֖יִם שְׁמֹנִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה פ

הַלְוִיִּם֙  the  Levites  [were] 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
בְּעִ֣יר  in  city 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ  the  holy 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
מָאתַ֖יִם  two  hundred 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
שְׁמֹנִ֥ים  eighty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שְׁמֹנִים  
Sense: eighty, fourscore.
וְאַרְבָּעָֽה  and  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation