AndוַJeshua,יֵשׁוּעַhis sonsבָּנָיוand his brothers,וְאֶחָיוKadmielקַדְמִיאֵלand his sons,וּבָנָיוthe sonsבְּנֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהstood upיַּעֲמֹדas oneכְּאֶחָדto directלְנַצֵּחַthose doingעַל עֹשֵׂהthe workהַמְּלָאכָהin the houseבְּבֵיתof Elohim;הָאֱלֹהִיםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Henadad,חֵנָדָדtheir sonsבְּנֵיהֶםand their brothers,וַאֲחֵיהֶםthe Levites.הַלְוִיִּם
Ezra 3:9
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “banay” appears- 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.
Where else “yehuda” appears- stood upיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- as oneאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears- to directנַצֵּחַnatseach
direct
To take charge of directing a work or the singing and music of the psalms.
Where else “natseach” appears- those doingעֹשֵׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- the workמְּלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- 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".
Where else “chenadad” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears
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.