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the sonsבְּנֵיof Bethlehem,בֵית לָחֶםone hundred twenty-three;מֵאָה עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁלֹשָׁה
Ezra 2:21
Study it in the app“the sons of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 2:21, word by word
- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Bethlehemבֵיתvet
Bethlehem
See it on the mapWhere else “vet” appears- one hundred twenty-threeמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- one hundred twenty-threeעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- one hundred twenty-threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears
Places in this verse
Bethlehem
Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank
A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.
Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).