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The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. (KJV)
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הַלְוִיִּ֑םhal.vi.Yimthe Levites
Lemma: לֵוִי (le.viy.yi) · Strong's: H3881
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Levi
Used 291 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Exodus 6:16, Exodus 6:25, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3881; TAHOT Ezra 2:40 word 1
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[the] descendants of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Ezra 2:40 word 2
יֵשׁ֧וּעַye.Shu.a'Jeshua
Lemma: יֵשׁוּעַ (ye.shu.a) · Strong's: H3442J
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jeshua
Used 8 times. Also: Ezra 3:9, Nehemiah 7:43, Nehemiah 8:7, Nehemiah 9:4, Nehemiah 9:5, Nehemiah 10:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3442J; TAHOT Ezra 2:40 word 3
וְקַדְמִיאֵ֛לve.kad.mi.'Eland Kadmiel
Lemma: קַדְמִיאֵל (qad.mi.el) · Strong's: H6934
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Kadmiel
Used 8 times. Also: Ezra 3:9, Nehemiah 7:43, Nehemiah 9:4, Nehemiah 9:5, Nehemiah 10:9, Nehemiah 12:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6934; TAHOT Ezra 2:40 word 4
לִבְנֵ֥יliv.Neiof [the] sons of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Ezra 2:40 word 5
הוֹדַוְיָ֖הho.dav.YahHodaviah
Lemma: הוֹדַוְיָה (ho.dav.yah) · Strong's: H1938J
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Hodaviah
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1938J; TAHOT Ezra 2:40 word 6
שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'Imseventy
Lemma: שִׁבְעִים (shiv.im) · Strong's: H7657
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
Meaning: seventy
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:12, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 11:26, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 25:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7657; TAHOT Ezra 2:40 word 7
וְאַרְבָּעָֽה\׃\ \סve.'ar.ba.'Ahand four
Lemma: אַרְבַּע (ar.ba) · Strong's: H0702
Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)
Meaning: four
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:16, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 14:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0702; TAHOT Ezra 2:40 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The Levites | → | לֵוִי H3881 Levi |
| the descendants | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| of Jeshua | → | יֵשׁוּעַ H3442J Jeshua |
| and Kadmiel | → | קַדְמִיאֵל H6934 Kadmiel |
| through the line | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| of Hodaviah | → | הוֹדַוְיָה H1938J Hodaviah |
| 74 | → | שִׁבְעִים H7657 seventy |
| . . . | → | אַרְבַּע H0702 four |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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