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And theseוְאֵלֶּהare the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםand the Levitesוְהַלְוִיִּםwhoאֲשֶׁרcame upעָלוּwithעִםZerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶלsonבֶּןof Shealtiel,שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵלand Jeshua:וְיֵשׁוּעַSeraiah,שְׂרָיָהJeremiah,יִרְמְיָהEzra,עֶזְרָא
Nehemiah 12:1
Study it in the app“And these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,”
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Nehemiah 12:1, word by word
- are the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- and the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- came upעָלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- Zerubbabelזְרֻבָּבֶלzerubavel
Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel: a descendant of David who led the return of the exiles from Babylon and the rebuilding of the house of YHWH (Ezra 3; Haggai 1-2).
Where else “zerubavel” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Shealtielשְׁאַלְתִּיאֵלshealtiel
Shealtiel
Shealtiel: a son of King Jeconiah, born in exile; other passages name him as the father of Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:2). The name means "I have asked God."
Where else “shealtiel” appears- and Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַyeshua
Jeshua
Jeshua: name of several Israelites; above all the high priest who returned with Zerubbabel, also a priest head of the ninth division, Levites and others; also a town of Judah. It is a late form of the name Joshua and means "YHWH saves"; from it comes the name "Jesus."
Where else “yeshua” appears- Seraiahשְׂרָיָהseraya
Seraiah
Seraiah, the name of several men; among them David's scribe (2 Samuel 8:17). It means "YHWH has prevailed".
Where else “seraya” appears- Jeremiahיִרְמְיָהyirmya
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: a name meaning "YHWH raises up" or "YHWH exalts," borne by several men: best known is the prophet, son of Hilkiah, from Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1); in 2 Kings 23:31 and 24:18 another Jeremiah, of Libnah, grandfather of two kings.
Where else “yirmya” appears- Ezraעֶזְרָאezra
Ezra
Ezra: a priest and scribe, a descendant of Aaron, who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem to teach the law. Also another man of the same name in Nehemiah. The name means "help".
Where else “ezra” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,