The Meaning of Nehemiah 7:12 Explained

Nehemiah 7:12

KJV: The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

YLT: Sons of Elam: a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

Darby: The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

ASV: The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The children  of Elam,  a thousand  two hundred  fifty  and four. 

What does Nehemiah 7:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 7

1  Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah
5  A register of the genealogy of them which came at the first out of Babylon
9  of the people
39  of the priests
43  of the Levites
46  of the Nethinims
57  of Solomon's servants
63  and of the priests which could not find their pedigree
66  The whole number of them, with their substance
70  Their offerings

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 7:12 mean?

The sons of Elam a thousand two hundred fifty and four -
בְּנֵ֣י עֵילָ֔ם אֶ֕לֶף מָאתַ֖יִם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה ס

בְּנֵ֣י  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עֵילָ֔ם  of  Elam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵילָם 
Sense: a Korhite Levite in the time of David.
אֶ֕לֶף  a  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
מָאתַ֖יִם  two  hundred 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים  fifty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: חֲמִשִּׁים 
Sense: fifty.
וְאַרְבָּעָֽה  and  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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