Nehemiah 12:7

“Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.”

Nehemiah 12:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nehemiah 12:7, word by word

Salluסַלּוּsalu

Salu

Salu, father of Zimri, of the tribe of Simeon; another man bears a similar name. The name means "weighed."

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Amokעָמוֹקamok

Amok

Amok: the name of one of the priests who went up with Zerubbabel.

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Hilkiahחִלְקִיָּהchilkiya

Hilkiah

Hilkiah: a name meaning "my portion is YHWH," borne by several men: the father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18); the high priest who found the book of the law in Josiah's time (2 Kings 22:8); the father of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1), and others.

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Jedaiahיְדַעְיָהyedaya

Jedaiah

Jedaiah: the name of several priests. The name means "YHWH has known."

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were the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

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of the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

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and of their brothersאֲחֵיache

countryman

Someone of the same people, or a friend.

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in the daysימֵיyme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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of 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."

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The context

6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

7 · This verse (above)

8And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgivings, he and his brothers;

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