The wholeכָּלassemblyהַקָּהָלtogetherכְּאֶחָדwasforty-two thousand three hundred sixty,אַרְבַּע רִבּוֹא אַלְפַּיִם שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וְשִׁשִּׁים
Nehemiah 7:66
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Nehemiah 7:66, word by word
- assemblyקָּהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- togetherאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- forty-two thousand three hundred sixtyאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- forty-two thousand three hundred sixtyרִבּוֹאribo
ten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; also a very large, countless number ("myriad").
Where else “ribo” appears- forty-two thousand three hundred sixtyאַלְפַּיִםalpayim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alpayim” appears- forty-two thousand three hundred sixtyשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- forty-two thousand three hundred sixtyמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- forty-two thousand three hundred sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears
The context
65And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until the priest stood up for Urim and Thummim.
66 · This verse (above)
67besides their male slaves and their female slaves, these were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred forty-five male singers and female singers.