Nehemiah 7:63

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִן־הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים בְּנֵ֥י חֳבַיָּ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י הַקּ֑וֹץ בְּנֵ֣י בַרְזִלַּ֗י אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָ֠קַח מִבְּנ֞וֹת בַּרְזִלַּ֤י הַגִּלְעָדִי֙ אִשָּׁ֔ה וַיִּקָּרֵ֖א עַל־שְׁמָֽם׃

Transliteration

ûmin-hakkōhănîm bənê ḥŏḇayyāh bənê haqqôṣ bənê ḇarzillay ʾăšer lāqaḥ mibbənôṯ barzillay haggilʿāḏî ʾiššāh wayyiqqārēʾ ʿal-šəmām

Grammar Details

*ûmin*: conjunction *wə* + preposition *min* - and from
*hakkōhănîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the priests
*bənê*: construct state, masculine plural of *bēn* - sons of
*ḥŏḇayyāh*: proper noun, masculine singular
*haqqôṣ*: definite article + proper noun, masculine singular
*ḇarzillay*: proper noun, masculine singular
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which
*lāqaḥ*: verb, 3rd person masculine singular, perfect, Qal - he took
*mibbənôṯ*: preposition *min* + noun, feminine plural, construct - from daughters of
*barzillay*: proper noun, masculine singular
*haggilʿāḏî*: definite article + gentilic adjective, masculine singular - the Gileadite
*ʾiššāh*: noun, feminine singular - woman/wife
*wayyiqqārēʾ*: conjunction *wə* + verb, 3rd person masculine singular, imperfect, Niphal with waw consecutive - and he was called
*ʿal*: preposition - upon/by/according to
*šəmām*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their name

Word Meanings

*kōhănîm*: priests/officiants
*bənê*: sons of/descendants of/people of
*lāqaḥ*: took/married
*ʾiššāh*: woman/wife
*wayyiqqārēʾ*: was called/was named/was surnamed
*ʿal*-*šəmām*: after their name/by their name

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 17:27 : 27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
2 Sam 19:31-33 : 31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 2:7 : 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
Ezra 2:61-63 : 61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: 62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

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