Ezra 2:41 Go deeper

The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. (KJV)

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הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑יםham.sho.re.Rimthe singers

Lemma: שִׁיר (shir) · Strong's: H7891

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVprmpa)

Meaning: to sing

Used 86 times. Also: Exodus 15:1, Exodus 15:21, Numbers 21:17, Judges 5:1, Judges 5:3, 2 Samuel 19:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7891; TAHOT Ezra 2:41 word 1

בְּנֵ֣יbe.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 2:41 word 2

אָסָ֔ף'a.SafAsaph

Lemma: אָסָף (a.saph) · Strong's: H0623H

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Asaph

Used 38 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 6:39, 1 Chronicles 15:17, 1 Chronicles 15:19, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 1 Chronicles 16:7, 1 Chronicles 16:37 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0623H; TAHOT Ezra 2:41 word 3

מֵאָ֖הme.'Ahone hundred

Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAcfsa)

Meaning: hundred

Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Ezra 2:41 word 4

עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.Rimtwenty

Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)

Meaning: twenty

Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 31:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6242; TAHOT Ezra 2:41 word 5

וּשְׁמֹנָֽה\׃\ \פu.she.mo.Nahand eight

Lemma: שְׁמֹנֶה (she.mo.neh) · Strong's: H8083

Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)

Meaning: eight

Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8083; TAHOT Ezra 2:41 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The singers	→	שִׁיר H7891 to sing
the descendants	→	בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people
of Asaph	→	אָסָף H0623H Asaph
128	→	מֵאָה H3967 hundred
. . .	→	עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty
. . .	→	שְׁמֹנֶה H8083 eight

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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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