Nehemiah 7:67

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִ֠לְּבַד עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ אֵ֔לֶּה שִׁבְעַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וְשִׁבְעָ֑ה וְלָהֶ֗ם מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙ וּמְשֹׁ֣רֲר֔וֹת מָאתַ֖יִם וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ ס

Transliteration

milləḇaḏ ʿaḇḏêhem wəʾamhōṯêhem ʾēlleh šiḇʿaṯ ʾălāp̄îm šəlōš mēʾôṯ šəlōšîm wəšiḇʿāh wəlāhem məšōrărîm ûməšōrărôṯ māʾṯayim wəʾarbāʿîm waḥămiššāh

Grammar Details

*milləḇaḏ*: preposition *min* + preposition *lə* + noun, masculine singular - apart from
*ʿaḇḏêhem*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their servants
*wəʾamhōṯêhem*: conjunction *wə* + noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their maidservants
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*šiḇʿaṯ*: numeral, feminine, construct - seven of
*ʾălāp̄îm*: noun, masculine plural - thousands
*šəlōš*: numeral, feminine - three
*mēʾôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - hundreds
*šəlōšîm*: numeral - thirty
*wəšiḇʿāh*: conjunction *wə* + numeral, masculine - and seven
*wəlāhem*: conjunction *wə* + preposition *lə* + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and to them
*məšōrărîm*: participle, masculine plural, Polel - singers (male)
*ûməšōrărôṯ*: conjunction *wə* + participle, feminine plural, Polel - and singers (female)
*māʾṯayim*: numeral, masculine dual - two hundred
*wəʾarbāʿîm*: conjunction *wə* + numeral - and forty
*waḥămiššāh*: conjunction *wə* + numeral, masculine - and five

Word Meanings

*milləḇaḏ*: apart from/besides/excluding
*ʿaḇḏêhem*: their servants/slaves
*ʾamhōṯêhem*: their maidservants/female slaves
*məšōrărîm*: singers/musicians (male)
*məšōrărôṯ*: singers/musicians (female)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezra 2:65 : 65 besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
Isa 45:1-2 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: 2 I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;
Jer 27:7 : 7 And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ezra 2:64-67
4 verses
95%
64The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
65besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
66Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
67their camels, four hundred thirty and five; [their] asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
Neh 7:68-69
2 verses
83%
68Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
69[ their] camels, four hundred thirty and five; [their] asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
Neh 7:66
78%
66The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
Neh 7:60
77%
60All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
1 Chr 7:4-5
2 verses
77%
4And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
5And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.
1 Chr 25:7
76%
7And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
1 Chr 7:9
75%
9And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.
Neh 7:28-30
3 verses
75%
28The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two.
29The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
30The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
Neh 7:17-19
3 verses
74%
17The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
18The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
19The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
Neh 7:36-38
3 verses
74%
36The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
37The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
38The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
1 Kgs 20:15
74%
15Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty - two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
Ezra 2:25
74%
25The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
Neh 7:42-44
3 verses
73%
42The children of Harim, a thousand [and] seventeen.
43The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
44The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight.
Neh 7:14
73%
14The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
Neh 7:7-9
3 verses
73%
7who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
8The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two.
9The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Num 2:8
72%
8And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
1 Chr 7:11
72%
11All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.
Neh 7:72
72%
72And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.
Ezra 2:40
72%
40The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
Neh 7:62
71%
62The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
2 Chr 2:17-18
2 verses
71%
17And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
Num 4:40
71%
40even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
Ezra 2:9
71%
9The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
Ezra 2:33
71%
33The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
2 Chr 2:2
71%
2And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
1 Chr 23:4
71%
4Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
Num 31:35-37
3 verses
71%
35and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.
36And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:
37and Jehovah's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
Ezra 2:58
70%
58All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
Num 4:36
70%
36and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
Neh 7:12
70%
12The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Num 2:26
70%
26And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.