Sallu,סַלּוּAmok,עָמוֹקHilkiah,חִלְקִיָּהJedaiah.יְדַעְיָהTheseאֵלֶּהwere the headsרָאשֵׁיof the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםand of their brothersוַאֲחֵיהֶםin the daysבִּימֵיof Jeshua.יֵשׁוּעַ
Nehemiah 12:7
Study it in the app“Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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."
Where else “salu” appears- Amokעָמוֹקamok
Amok
Amok: the name of one of the priests who went up with Zerubbabel.
Where else “amok” appears- 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.
Where else “chilkiya” appears- Jedaiahיְדַעְיָהyedaya
Jedaiah
Jedaiah: the name of several priests. The name means "YHWH has known."
Where else “yedaya” appears- were the headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- and of their brothersאֲחֵיache
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appears- in the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- 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."
Where else “yeshua” appears
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;