Nehemiah 7:20 Go deeper

The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. (KJV)

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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 Nehemiah 7:20 word 1

עָדִ֔ין'a.DinAdin

Lemma: עָדִין (a.din) · Strong's: H5720G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Adin

Used 3 times. Also: Ezra 2:15, Ezra 8:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5720G; TAHOT Nehemiah 7:20 word 2

שֵׁ֥שׁsheshsix

Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8337

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)

Meaning: six

Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 7:6, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 31:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8337; TAHOT Nehemiah 7:20 word 3

מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>

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

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAcfpa)

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 Nehemiah 7:20 word 4

חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.Shimfifty

Lemma: חֲמִשִּׁים (cha.mish.shim) · Strong's: H2572

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

Meaning: fifty

Used 163 times. Also: Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:24, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 9:28, Genesis 9:29, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2572; TAHOT Nehemiah 7:20 word 5

וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה\׃\ \סva.cha.mi.Shahand five

Lemma: חָמֵשׁ (cha.mesh) · Strong's: H2568

Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)

Meaning: five

Used 342 times. Also: Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17, Genesis 5:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2568; TAHOT Nehemiah 7:20 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

the descendants	→	בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people
of Adin	→	עָדִין H5720G Adin
655	→	שֵׁשׁ H8337 six
. . .	→	מֵאָה H3967 hundred
. . .	→	חֲמִשִּׁים H2572 fifty
. . .	→	חָמֵשׁ H2568 five

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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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