Verse 12

{ "verseID": "Nehemiah.7.12", "source": "בְּנֵ֣י עֵילָ֔ם אֶ֕לֶף מָאתַ֖יִם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה", "text": "*bənê* *ʿêlām*: *ʾelep* *māʾtayim* *ḥămiššîm* and-*ʾarbāʿâ*", "grammar": { "*bənê*": "masculine plural construct - sons/descendants of", "*ʿêlām*": "proper noun - Elam", "*ʾelep*": "numeral masculine singular - thousand", "*māʾtayim*": "numeral dual - two hundred", "*ḥămiššîm*": "numeral plural - fifty", "*ʾarbāʿâ*": "numeral masculine - four" }, "variants": { "*bənê*": "sons of/descendants of/people of", "*ʾelep*": "thousand/one thousand", "*māʾtayim*": "two hundred" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Ezra 2:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Ezra.2.7", "source": "בְּנֵ֣י עֵילָ֔ם אֶ֕לֶף מָאתַ֖יִם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה", "text": "*bənê* *ʿÊlām* *ʾelef* *māʾtayim* *ḥămiššîm* *wə-ʾarbāʿāh*", "grammar": { "*bənê*": "construct state, masculine plural of *ben* - 'sons of/children of'", "*ʿÊlām*": "proper name - 'Elam'", "*ʾelef*": "masculine singular - 'thousand'", "*māʾtayim*": "dual form - 'two hundred'", "*ḥămiššîm*": "cardinal number - 'fifty'", "*wə-ʾarbāʿāh*": "conjunction + cardinal number - 'and four'" }, "variants": { "*bənê*": "sons/children/descendants", "*ʿÊlām*": "proper name (possibly referring to Elam region east of Mesopotamia)" } }
  • Ezra 8:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Ezra.8.7", "source": "וּמִבְּנֵ֣י עֵילָ֔ם יְשַֽׁעְיָ֖ה בֶּן־עֲתַלְיָ֑ה וְעִמּ֖וֹ שִׁבְעִ֥ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃", "text": "And from *bənê* *ʿÊlām*, *Yəšaʿyāh* *ben*-*ʿĂtalyāh*; and with him *šibʿîm* *hazəḵārîm*", "grammar": { "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*min*": "preposition - from", "*bənê*": "construct plural of *bēn* - sons of", "*ʿÊlām*": "proper noun - Elam", "*Yəšaʿyāh*": "proper noun - Jeshaiah", "*ben*": "noun masculine singular construct - son of", "*ʿĂtalyāh*": "proper noun - Athaliah", "*ʿimmō*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with him", "*šibʿîm*": "numeral - seventy", "*hazəḵārîm*": "definite article + noun masculine plural - the males" }, "variants": { "*hazəḵārîm*": "the males/the men" } }
  • Ezra 10:26 : 26 { "verseID": "Ezra.10.26", "source": "וּמִבְּנֵ֖י עֵילָ֑ם מַתַּנְיָ֤ה זְכַרְיָה֙ וִיחִיאֵ֣ל וְעַבְדִּ֔י וִירֵמ֖וֹת וְאֵלִיָּֽה׃ ס", "text": "And-from-*bənê ʿêlām mattanyāh zəkaryāh wîḥîʾēl wəʿabdî wîrēmôt wəʾēlîyāh*", "grammar": { "*bənê*": "masculine plural construct - sons of", "*ʿêlām*": "proper name - Elam", "*mattanyāh*": "proper name - Mattaniah", "*zəkaryāh*": "proper name - Zechariah", "*wîḥîʾēl*": "conjunction + proper name - and Jehiel", "*wəʿabdî*": "conjunction + proper name - and Abdi", "*wîrēmôt*": "conjunction + proper name - and Jeremoth", "*wəʾēlîyāh*": "conjunction + proper name - and Elijah" }, "variants": { "*bənê*": "sons/descendants/family members" } }