Soוַthe priests,הַכֹּהֲנִיםthe Levites,וְהַלְוִיִּםsomeוּמִןof the people,הָעָםthe singers,וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִיםthe gatekeepers,וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִיםand the Nethinimוְהַנְּתִינִיםlivedיֵּשְׁבוּin their cities,בְּעָרֵיהֶםand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלin their cities.בְּעָרֵיהֶם
Ezra 2:70
Study it in the app“So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 2:70, word by word
- the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- the singersמְשֹׁרְרִיםmeshorrim
singer
Levites in charge of leading the singing in the house of YHWH, with instruments.
Where else “meshorrim” appears- the gatekeepersשּׁוֹעֲרִיםshoarim
gatekeeper
Gatekeeper: one who guards the gate of a city, a palace or the temple. In Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah it is an office of the Levites.
Where else “shoarim” appears- and the Nethinimנְּתִינִיםnetinim
Nethinim
Nethinim: servants of the sanctuary. The name comes from the Hebrew netinim, "given ones": they were given to help the Levites in the work of the house of Elohim (Ezra 8:20).
Where else “netinim” appears- livedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- in their citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
69According to their strength they gave to the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand drachmas of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred tunics of priests.
70 · This verse (above)