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Allכָּלthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםin the holyבְּ הַקֹּדֶשׁcity:עִירtwo hundred eighty-four.מָאתַיִם שְׁמֹנִים וְאַרְבָּעָה
Nehemiah 11:18
Study it in the app“All the Levites in the holy city: two hundred eighty-four.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 11:18, word by word
- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- in the holyקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- two hundred eighty-fourמָאתַיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears- two hundred eighty-fourשְׁמֹנִיםshemonim
eighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appears- two hundred eighty-fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears
The context
17and Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, head of the beginning, who gave thanks in the prayer; and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
18 · This verse (above)
19And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who stood guard at the gates: one hundred seventy-two.