Ezra 8:3

“of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered by genealogy one hundred fifty males;”

Ezra 8:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

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

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of Shecaniahשְׁכַנְיָהshechanya

Shecaniah

Shecaniah: name of several Israelites. It means "YHWH has dwelt."

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of Paroshפַרְעֹשׁfarosh

Parosh

Parosh: head of a large family that returned from the exile. The name means "flea".

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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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were registered by genealogyהִתְיַחֵשׂhityaches

enroll in a genealogy

Enroll in the genealogy: record someone in the list of his family according to his ancestors. These lists showed to which tribe and family each person belonged.

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one hundred fiftyמֵאָהmea

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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one hundred fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim

fifty

Fifty.

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malesזְכָרִיםzecharim

male

A person of the male sex, man or boy.

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Translation note

“Of the sons of Shecaniah” seems to end the sentence of the previous verse (Hattush, of the sons of Shecaniah; 1 Chronicles 3:22).

The context

2of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush,

3 · This verse (above)

4of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males;

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