The Meaning of Nehemiah 7:26 Explained

Nehemiah 7:26

KJV: The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.

YLT: Men of Beth-Lehem and Netophah: a hundred eighty and eight.

Darby: The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty-eight.

ASV: The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The men  of Bethlehem  and Netophah,  an hundred  fourscore  and eight. 

What does Nehemiah 7:26 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 7:26 mean?

The men of Bethlehem and Netophah a hundred eighty and eight -
אַנְשֵׁ֤י בֵֽית־ לֶ֙חֶם֙ וּנְטֹפָ֔ה מֵאָ֖ה שְׁמֹנִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה ס

אַנְשֵׁ֤י  The  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱנׄושׁ 
Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
לֶ֙חֶם֙  Bethlehem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית לֶחֶם  
Sense: a city in Judah, birthplace of David.
וּנְטֹפָ֔ה  and  Netophah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְטֹפָה  
Sense: a town in Judah resettled by the exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel.
מֵאָ֖ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
שְׁמֹנִ֥ים  eighty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שְׁמֹנִים  
Sense: eighty, fourscore.
וּשְׁמֹנָֽה  and  eight 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמֹנֶה  
Sense: eight, eighth.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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