Nehemiah 10:14

“The heads of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,”

Nehemiah 10:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nehemiah 10:14, word by word

The headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

Where else “rashe” 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
Paroshפַּרְעֹשׁparosh

Parosh

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

Where else “parosh” appears
Pahath-moabפַּחַתpachat

Pahath-moab

Pahath-moab: head of a large family that returned from the exile. The name means "governor of Moab".

Where else “pachat” appears
Elamעֵילָםelam

Elam

Elam, a son of Shem; also the country east of Mesopotamia; also several Israelites.

Where else “elam” appears
Zattuזַתּוּאzatu

Zattu

Zattu: head of a family that returned from the exile; also a leader who sealed the covenant in Nehemiah's time.

Where else “zatu” appears
Baniבָּנִיbani

Bani

Bani, the name of several men: a Gadite, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:36), and several Levites and heads of families in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah.

Where else “bani” appears

The context

13Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.

14 · This verse (above)

15Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

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