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Allכָּלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Perezפֶרֶץwho livedהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin Jerusalem:בִּירוּשָׁלִָםfour hundred sixty-eightאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שִׁשִּׁים וּשְׁמֹנָהcapableחָיִלmen.אַנְשֵׁי
Nehemiah 11:6
Study it in the app“All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem: four hundred sixty-eight capable men.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 11:6, word by word
- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Perezפֶרֶץferets
Perez
Perez, "breach": a son of Judah and Tamar, ancestor of King David.
Where else “ferets” appears- who livedיֹּשְׁבִיםyoshvim
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- four hundred sixty-eightאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- four hundred sixty-eightמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- four hundred sixty-eightשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- four hundred sixty-eightשְׁמֹנָהshemona
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemona” appears- capableחָיִלchayil
valor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appears- menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” 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
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah;