2 Chronicles 17:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעִמָּהֶ֣ם הַלְוִיִּ֗ם שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֡הוּ וּנְתַנְיָ֡הוּ וּזְבַדְיָ֡הוּ וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֡ל *ושמרימות **וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת וִֽיהוֹנָתָן֩ וַאֲדֹ֨נִיָּ֧הוּ וְטֽוֹבִיָּ֛הוּ וְט֥וֹב אֲדוֹנִיָּ֖ה הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְעִמָּהֶ֛ם אֱלִישָׁמָ֥ע וִֽיהוֹרָ֖ם הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-with-them the-Ləwiyyîm Šəmaʿyāhû and-Nəṯanyāhû and-Zəḇaḏyāhû and-ʿĂśāhʾēl and-Šəmîrāmôṯ and-Yəhônāṯān and-ʾĂḏôniyyāhû and-Ṭôḇiyyāhû and-Ṭôḇ ʾĂḏôniyyāh the-Ləwiyyîm and-with-them ʾĔlîšāmāʿ and-Yəhôrām the-kōhănîm

Grammar Details

*Ləwiyyîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - 'Levites'
*Šəmaʿyāhû*: proper noun - 'Shemaiah'
*Nəṯanyāhû*: proper noun - 'Nethaniah'
*Zəḇaḏyāhû*: proper noun - 'Zebadiah'
*ʿĂśāhʾēl*: proper noun - 'Asahel'
*Šəmîrāmôṯ*: proper noun - 'Shemiramoth'
*Yəhônāṯān*: proper noun - 'Jehonathan'
*ʾĂḏôniyyāhû*: proper noun - 'Adonijah'
*Ṭôḇiyyāhû*: proper noun - 'Tobijah'
*Ṭôḇ*: proper noun - 'Tob'
*ʾĂḏôniyyāh*: proper noun - 'Adonijah'
*ʾĔlîšāmāʿ*: proper noun - 'Elishama'
*Yəhôrām*: proper noun - 'Jehoram'
*kōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'priests'

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 19:8 : 8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:1-6 : 1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest; 6 this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.
Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

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