Ezra 10:26

“And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.”

Ezra 10:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezra 10:26, word by word

And of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Elamעֵילָםelam

Elam

Elam, a son of Shem; also the country east of Mesopotamia; also several Israelites.

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Mattaniahמַתַּנְיָהmatanya

Mattaniah

Mattaniah: a name meaning "gift of YHWH." The name of Zedekiah, last king of Judah, before the king of Babylon changed it (2 Kings 24:17); also borne by several Levites (1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 11:17).

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Zechariahזְכַרְיָהzecharya

Zechariah

Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.

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Jehielיחִיאֵלychiel

Jehiel

Jehiel: name of several Israelites, among them Levite singers and temple officials, a son of King Jehoshaphat and others of Ezra's time. It means "may God live."

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Abdiעַבְדִּיavdi

Abdi

Abdi: name of two or three Israelites: a Levite of the family of Merari and one of Ezra's time (Ezra 10:26). It means "my servant" or "servant of."

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Jeremothירֵמוֹתyremot

Jerimoth

Jerimoth (or Jeremoth): name of several Israelites.

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and Elijahאֵלִיָּהeliya

Elijah

Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).

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The context

25And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.

26 · This verse (above)

27And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.

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