Nehemiah 3:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.)

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַ֨נְּתִינִ֔ים הָי֥וּ יֹשְׁבִ֖ים בָּעֹ֑פֶל עַ֠ד נֶ֜גֶד שַׁ֤עַר הַמַּ֙יִם֙ לַמִּזְרָ֔ח וְהַמִּגְדָּ֖ל הַיּוֹצֵֽא׃ ס

Transliteration

wə-han-nətînîm hāyû yōšəbîm bā-ʿōfel ʿad neged šaʿar ham-mayim lam-mizrāḥ wə-ham-migdāl hay-yôṣēʾ

Grammar Details

• *wə-han-nətînîm*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine plural - and the temple servants
• *hāyû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine plural - were
• *yōšəbîm*: Qal participle, masculine plural - dwelling/living
• *bā-ʿōfel*: preposition + proper noun - in Ophel
• *ʿad*: preposition - as far as/until
• *neged*: preposition - opposite/in front of
• *šaʿar*: noun, masculine singular construct - gate of
• *ham-mayim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the water
• *lam-mizrāḥ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the east
• *wə-ham-migdāl*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the tower
• *hay-yôṣēʾ*: definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the projecting/extending

Word Meanings

• *han-nətînîm*: the temple servants/the given ones/the Nethinim
• *yōšəbîm*: dwelling/living/residing/staying
• *bā-ʿōfel*: in Ophel/on the hill/on the mound
• *neged*: opposite/in front of/facing
• *ham-mayim*: the water/the waters
• *mizrāḥ*: east/eastward/sunrise direction
• *hay-yôṣēʾ*: the projecting/the extending/the protruding

Referenced Verses

• Neh 8:1 : 1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.
• Neh 11:21 : 21 But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.
• Neh 12:37 : 37 And by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
• Neh 8:3 : 3 And he read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were [attentive] unto the book of the law.
• 2 Chr 27:3 : 3 He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
• 2 Chr 33:14 : 14 Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
• Ezra 2:43-58 : 43 The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44 the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon, 45 the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 46 the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan, 47 the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 49 the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, 50 the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim, 51 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 52 the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 53 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah, 54 the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda, 56 the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 57 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Ami. 58 All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
• Neh 3:27 : 27 After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel.
• Neh 7:46-56 : 46 The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 47 the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, 48 the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai, 49 the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 50 the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 51 the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah. 52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim, 53 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 54 the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 55 the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah, 56 the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
• Neh 8:16 : 16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.
• Neh 10:28 : 28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge, and understanding;
• 1 Chr 9:2 : 2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.