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Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. (KJV)
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וּמִן\־u.min-and some of
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Ezra 8:20 word 1
הַנְּתִינִ֗יםha.ne.ti.Nimthe temple servants
Lemma: נְתִינִים (na.tin) · Strong's: H5411
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: temple servant
Used 16 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 9:2, Ezra 2:43, Ezra 2:58, Ezra 2:70, Ezra 7:7, Nehemiah 3:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5411; TAHOT Ezra 8:20 word 2
שֶׁנָּתַ֨ןshe.na.Tanwhom he had appointed
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to give: put
Used 395 times. Also: Genesis 1:17, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414H; TAHOT Ezra 8:20 word 3
דָּוִ֤ידda.VidDavid
Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: David
Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT Ezra 8:20 word 4
וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ve.ha.sa.Rimand the officials
Lemma: שַׂר (sar) · Strong's: H8269
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: ruler
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 12:15, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:26, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8269; TAHOT Ezra 8:20 word 5
לַעֲבֹדַ֣תla.'a.vo.Datfor [the] work of
Lemma: עֲבֹדָה (a.vo.dah) · Strong's: H5656H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: service: ministry
Used 87 times. Also: Exodus 27:19, Exodus 30:16, Exodus 36:3, Exodus 36:5, Exodus 39:40, Numbers 3:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5656H; TAHOT Ezra 8:20 word 6
הַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.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 8:20 word 7
נְתִינִ֖יםne.ti.Nimtemple servants
Lemma: נְתִינִים (na.tin) · Strong's: H5411
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: temple servant
Used 16 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 9:2, Ezra 2:43, Ezra 2:58, Ezra 2:70, Ezra 7:7, Nehemiah 3:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5411; TAHOT Ezra 8:20 word 8
מָאתַ֣יִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundred
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HAcfda)
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 8:20 word 9
וְעֶשְׂרִ֑יםve.'es.Rimand twenty
Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242
Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)
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 8:20 word 10
כֻּלָּ֖םku.Lamall of them
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Ezra 8:20 word 11
נִקְּב֥וּni.ke.Vuthey had been designated
Lemma: נָקַב (na.qav) · Strong's: H5344A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)
Meaning: to pierce
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 30:28, Leviticus 24:11, Numbers 1:17, 2 Kings 12:9, 2 Kings 18:21, 1 Chronicles 12:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5344A; TAHOT Ezra 8:20 word 12
בְשֵׁמֽוֹת\׃ve.she.Motby names
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Ezra 8:20 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [They also brought] 220 | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty |
| of | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| the temple servants | → | נְתִינִים H5411 temple servant |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| designated | → | נָקַב H5344A to pierce |
| by name | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| David | → | דָּוִד H1732 David |
| and the officials | → | שַׂר H8269 ruler |
| had appointed | → | נָתַן H5414H to give: put |
| [them] | → | נְתִינִים H5411 temple servant |
| to assist | → | עֲבֹדָה H5656H service: ministry |
| the Levites | → | לֵוִי H3881 Levi |
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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