And in Jerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִַםlivedיָשְׁבוּsome of the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand of the sonsוּמִבְּנֵיof Benjamin.בִנְיָמִןOf the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Judah:יְהוּדָהAthaiahעֲתָיָהsonבֶןof Uzziah,עֻזִּיָּהsonבֶּןof Zechariah,זְכַרְיָהsonבֶןof Amariah,אֲמַרְיָהsonבֶּןof Shephatiah,שְׁפַטְיָהsonבֶןof Mahalalel,מַהֲלַלְאֵלof the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Perez;פָרֶץ
Nehemiah 11:4
Study it in the app“And in Jerusalem lived some of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 11:4, word by word
- And in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- livedיָשְׁבוּyashvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appears- some of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- of Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appears- Athaiahעֲתָיָהataya
Athaiah
Athaiah: the name of a leader of the tribe of Judah who lived in Jerusalem.
Where else “ataya” appears- of Uzziahעֻזִּיָּהuziya
Uzziah
Uzziah: a name meaning "my strength is YHWH." Another name of King Azariah of Judah (2 Kings 15:13, 30, 32; Isaiah 6:1); other men also bear it (1 Chronicles 6:24; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “uziya” appears- of 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.
Where else “zecharya” appears- of Amariahאֲמַרְיָהamarya
Amariah
Amariah: name of several Israelites, among them two priests of the line of Eleazar. It means "YHWH has said."
Where else “amarya” appears- of Shephatiahשְׁפַטְיָהshefatya
Shephatiah
Shephatiah, the name of several men; among them the fifth son of David, born of Abital. It means "YHWH has judged".
Where else “shefatya” appears- of Mahalalelמַהֲלַלְאֵלmahalalel
Mahalalel
Mahalalel, son of Kenan; also an Israelite.
Where else “mahalalel” appears- of Perezפָרֶץfarets
Perez
Perez, "breach": a son of Judah and Tamar, ancestor of King David.
Where else “farets” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
3And these are the heads of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah lived, each on his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon.
4 · This verse (above)
5and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite.