Nehemiah 12:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

סַלּוּ עָמוֹק חִלְקִיָּה יְדַעְיָה אֵלֶּה רָאשֵׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים וַאֲחֵיהֶם בִּימֵי יֵשׁוּעַ

Transliteration

Sallû, ʿĀmôq, Ḥilqiyyāh, Yədaʿyāh. ʾēlleh rāʾshê the kōhănîm waʾăḥêhem in the days of Yēshûaʿ

Grammar Details

*Sallû*: proper noun, masculine singular
*ʿĀmôq*: proper noun, masculine singular
*Ḥilqiyyāh*: proper noun, masculine singular
*Yədaʿyāh*: proper noun, masculine singular
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun - these
*rāʾshê*: noun, masculine plural construct - heads/chiefs of
*kōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural - priests
*waʾăḥêhem*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their brothers/colleagues
*Yēshûaʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular

Word Meanings

*rāʾshê*: heads/chiefs/leaders
*ʾăḥêhem*: brothers/kinsmen/colleagues

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 24:18 : 18 the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
Ezra 3:2 : 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
Neh 12:1 : 1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Hag 1:1 : 1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
Zech 3:1 : 1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

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