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Shemaiah,שְׁמַעְיָהand Joiarib,וְיוֹיָרִיבJedaiah,יְדַעְיָה
Nehemiah 12:6
Study it in the app“Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 12:6, word by word
- Shemaiahשְׁמַעְיָהshemaya
Shemaiah
Shemaiah: a name meaning "Yah has heard." About twenty-five people in the Bible bear it; among them the man of Elohim who told Rehoboam not to fight against Israel (1 Kings 12:22).
Where else “shemaya” appears- and 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- Jedaiahיְדַעְיָהyedaya
Jedaiah
Jedaiah: the name of several priests. The name means "YHWH has known."
Where else “yedaya” appears
The context
5Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6 · This verse (above)
7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.