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Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. (KJV)
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מַתַּנְיָ֧הma.tan.YahMattaniah
Lemma: מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ (mat.tan.yah) · Strong's: H4983G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Mattaniah
Used 4 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 9:15, Nehemiah 11:17, Nehemiah 12:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4983G; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 1
וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֛הu.vak.buk.Yahand Bakbukiah
Lemma: בַּקְבֻּקְיָה (baq.buq.yah) · Strong's: H1229
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Bakbukiah
Used 3 times. Also: Nehemiah 11:17, Nehemiah 12:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1229; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 2
עֹבַדְיָ֥ה'oad.YahObadiah
Lemma: עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ (o.vad.yah) · Strong's: H5662K
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Obadiah
Used 2 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 9:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5662K; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 3
מְשֻׁלָּ֖םme.shu.LamMeshullam
Lemma: מְשֻׁלָּם (me.shul.lam) · Strong's: H4918Z
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Meshullam
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4918Z; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 4
טַלְמ֣וֹןtal.MonTalmon
Lemma: טַלְמוֹן (tal.mon) · Strong's: H2929
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Talmon
Used 5 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 9:17, Ezra 2:42, Nehemiah 7:45, Nehemiah 11:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2929; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 5
עַקּ֑וּב'a.KuvAkkub
Lemma: עַקּוּב (aq.quv) · Strong's: H6126H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Akkub
Used 5 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 9:17, Ezra 2:42, Nehemiah 7:45, Nehemiah 11:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6126H; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 6
שֹׁמְרִ֤יםsho.me.Rimkeeping
Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to keep: guard
Used 160 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:24, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 30:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8104H; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 7
שֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙sho.'a.Rim[were] gatekeepers
Lemma: שֹׁעֵר (sho.er) · Strong's: H7778
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: gatekeeper
Used 37 times. Also: 2 Samuel 18:26, 2 Kings 7:10, 2 Kings 7:11, 1 Chronicles 9:17, 1 Chronicles 9:18, 1 Chronicles 9:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7778; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 8
מִשְׁמָ֔רmish.Marguard
Lemma: מִשְׁמָר (mish.mar) · Strong's: H4929
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: custody
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 40:3, Genesis 40:4, Genesis 40:7, Genesis 41:10, Genesis 42:17, Genesis 42:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4929; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 9
בַּאֲסֻפֵּ֖יba.'a.su.Peiat [the] storerooms of
Lemma: אָסֹף (a.suph) · Strong's: H0624
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: storehouse
Used 3 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 26:15, 1 Chronicles 26:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0624; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 10
הַשְּׁעָרִֽים\׃ha.she.'a.Rimthe gates
Lemma: שַׁ֫עַר (sha.ar) · Strong's: H8179G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: gate
Used 347 times. Also: Genesis 19:1, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:18, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8179G; TAHOT Nehemiah 12:25 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Mattaniah | → | מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ H4983G Mattaniah |
| Bakbukiah | → | בַּקְבֻּקְיָה H1229 Bakbukiah |
| Obadiah | → | עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ H5662K Obadiah |
| Meshullam | → | מְשֻׁלָּם H4918Z Meshullam |
| Talmon | → | טַלְמוֹן H2929 Talmon |
| [and] Akkub | → | עַקּוּב H6126H Akkub |
| [were] gatekeepers | → | שֹׁעֵר H7778 gatekeeper |
| who guarded | → | שָׁמַר H8104H to keep: guard |
| . . . | → | מִשְׁמָר H4929 custody |
| the storerooms | → | אָסֹף H0624 storehouse |
| at the gates | → | שַׁ֫עַר H8179G gate |
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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