Nehemiah 11:5

“and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite.”

Nehemiah 11:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nehemiah 11:5, word by word

and Maaseiahמַעֲשֵׂיָהmaaseya

Maaseiah

Maaseiah: name of many Israelites. It means "work of YHWH."

Where else “maaseya” appears
sonבֶןven

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “ven” appears
of Baruchבָּרוּךְbaruch

Baruch

Baruch: a name meaning "blessed". Above all, the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah; also some men of Nehemiah's time, such as the son of Zabbai who zealously repaired a section of the wall.

Where else “baruch” appears
of Col-hozehכָּלkal

Col-hozeh

Col-hozeh: the name of the father of Shallun and of an ancestor of a man of Judah in Nehemiah 11:5. It means "every seer".

Where else “kal” appears
of Hazaiahחֲזָיָהchazaya

Hazaiah

Hazaiah: the name of an ancestor of Maaseiah, of the tribe of Judah. It means "YHWH has seen".

Where else “chazaya” appears
of Adaiahעֲדָיָהadaya

Adaiah

Adaiah: a name meaning "YHWH has adorned." In 2 Kings 22:1 the maternal grandfather of King Josiah; several other men also bear it (1 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 11:5).

Where else “adaya” appears
of Joiaribיוֹיָרִיבyoyariv

Joiarib

Joiarib: a name meaning "YHWH contends". One of the men of understanding sent by Ezra (Ezra 8:16); also a priest and a family of priests of Nehemiah's time.

Where else “yoyariv” 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 the Shiloniteשִּׁלֹנִיshiloni

Shilonite

Shilonite: of the family of Shelah, son of Judah (Numbers 26:20), or of the town of Shiloh.

Where else “shiloni” appears

The context

4And 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;

5 · This verse (above)

6All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem: four hundred sixty-eight capable men.

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