Ezra 3:9

“And Jeshua, his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, stood up as one to direct those doing the work in the house of Elohim; the sons of Henadad, their sons and their brothers, the Levites.”

Ezra 3:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezra 3:9, word by word

Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַyeshua

Jeshua

Jeshua: name of several Israelites; above all the high priest who returned with Zerubbabel, also a priest head of the ninth division, Levites and others; also a town of Judah. It is a late form of the name Joshua and means "YHWH saves"; from it comes the name "Jesus."

Where else “yeshua” appears
his sonsבָּנָיbanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and his brothersאֶחָיechay

countryman

Someone of the same people, or a friend.

Where else “echay” appears
Kadmielקַדְמִיאֵלkadmiel

Kadmiel

Kadmiel: the name of a Levite who returned with Zerubbabel and helped in the work of the house of God.

Where else “kadmiel” appears
of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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stood upיַּעֲמֹדyaamod

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

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as oneאֶחָדechad

united

United as one: "YHWH is one".

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to directנַצֵּחַnatseach

direct

To take charge of directing a work or the singing and music of the psalms.

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those doingעֹשֵׂהose

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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the workמְּלָאכָהmelacha

work

The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.

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in the houseבֵיתvet

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

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of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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of Henadadחֵנָדָדchenadad

Henadad

Henadad: the name of a Levite whose sons helped to direct the work of the house of God and to repair the wall of Jerusalem. The name seems to mean "favor of Hadad".

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the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

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Translation note

“Sons of Judah”: it may be the family that 2:40 calls “sons of Hodaviah”; the two names look alike in Hebrew.

The context

8And in the second year of their coming to the house of Elohim at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites, and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem, began; and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to direct the work of the house of YHWH.

9 · This verse (above)

10And when the builders founded the temple of YHWH, they set the priests in their vestments with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise YHWH under the direction of David king of Israel.

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