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of the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Shecaniah,שְׁכַנְיָהthe sonבֶּןof Jahaziel,יַחֲזִיאֵלand with himוְעִמּוֹthree hundredשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹתmales;הַזְּכָרִים
Ezra 8:5
Study it in the app“of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezra 8:5, word by word
- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Shecaniahשְׁכַנְיָהshechanya
Shecaniah
Shecaniah: name of several Israelites. It means "YHWH has dwelt."
Where else “shechanya” appears- of Jahazielיַחֲזִיאֵלyachaziel
Jahaziel
Jahaziel: name of several Israelites. It means "God sees."
Where else “yachaziel” appears- three hundredשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- three hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- malesזְּכָרִיםzecharim
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zecharim” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew does not give here the name of the leader, only “the son of Jahaziel”; the same happens in verse 10.
The context
4of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males;
5 · This verse (above)
6and of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males;