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Mattaniahמַתַּנְיָהand Bakbukiah,וּבַקְבֻּקְיָהObadiah,עֹבַדְיָהMeshullam,מְשֻׁלָּםTalmon,טַלְמוֹןAkkub,עַקּוּבwereguards,שֹׁמְרִיםgatekeepers,שׁוֹעֲרִיםkeeping watchמִשְׁמָרat the storehousesבַּאֲסֻפֵּיof the gates.הַשְּׁעָרִים
Nehemiah 12:25
Study it in the app“Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were guards, gatekeepers, keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 12:25, word by word
- Mattaniahמַתַּנְיָהmatanya
Mattaniah
Mattaniah: a name meaning "gift of YHWH." The name of Zedekiah, last king of Judah, before the king of Babylon changed it (2 Kings 24:17); also borne by several Levites (1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 11:17).
Where else “matanya” appears- and Bakbukiahבַקְבֻּקְיָהvakbukya
Bakbukiah
Bakbukiah: the name of a Levite, second among his brothers in the singing.
Where else “vakbukya” appears- Obadiahעֹבַדְיָהovadya
Obadiah
Obadiah: a name meaning "servant of Yah." About thirteen people in the Bible bear it; among them the man over King Ahab's household who hid a hundred prophets (1 Kings 18), and the prophet of the book that bears his name.
Where else “ovadya” appears- Meshullamמְשֻׁלָּםmeshulam
Meshullam
Meshullam: a very frequent name, from the root of "peace, be complete." In 2 Kings 22:3 the grandfather of Shaphan the scribe; also borne by many men of the time of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Where else “meshulam” appears- Talmonטַלְמוֹןtalmon
Talmon
Talmon: a Levite gatekeeper and his family.
Where else “talmon” appears- Akkubעַקּוּבakuv
Akkub
Akkub: the name of several Israelites, above all Levite gatekeepers after the exile.
Where else “akuv” appears- guardsשֹׁמְרִיםshomrim
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomrim” appears- gatekeepersשׁוֹעֲרִיםshoarim
gatekeeper
Gatekeeper: one who guards the gate of a city, a palace or the temple. In Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah it is an office of the Levites.
Where else “shoarim” appears- keeping watchמִשְׁמָרmishmar
watch
The service of watching over a place, with men posted there.
Where else “mishmar” appears- at the storehousesאֲסֻפֵּיasupe
storehouses
Storehouses: places where what was gathered for the house of YHWH (offerings, provisions) was kept.
Where else “asupe” appears- of the gatesשְּׁעָרִיםshearim
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shearim” appears
The context
24And the heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of Elohim, watch opposite watch.
25 · This verse (above)
26These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.