The Meaning of Nehemiah 11:8 Explained

Nehemiah 11:8

KJV: And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

YLT: and after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

Darby: and after him, Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight:

ASV: And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And after  him Gabbai,  Sallai,  nine  hundred  twenty  and eight. 

What does Nehemiah 11:8 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 11:8 mean?

And after him Gabbai [and] Sallu nine hundred twenty and eight
וְאַחֲרָ֖יו גַּבַּ֣י סַלָּ֑י תְּשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה

וְאַחֲרָ֖יו  And  after  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
גַּבַּ֣י  Gabbai 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גַּבַּי  
Sense: the head of an important Benjamite family living in Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah.
סַלָּ֑י  [and]  Sallu 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: סַלֻּא 
Sense: a priest in the time of Zerubbabel.
תְּשַׁ֥ע  nine 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: תֵּשַׁע  
Sense: nine, nonad.
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וּשְׁמֹנָֽה  and  eight 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמֹנֶה  
Sense: eight, eighth.

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