Soוַthe priests,הַכֹּהֲנִיםthe Levites,וְהַלְוִיִּםthe gatekeepers,וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִיםthe singers,וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִיםsomeוּמִןof the people,הָעָםthe Nethinim,וְהַנְּתִינִיםand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלlivedיֵּשְׁבוּin their cities.בְּעָרֵיהֶםAnd the seventh monthוַ הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִיcame,יִּגַּעand the sonsוּבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwerein their cities.בְּעָרֵיהֶם
Nehemiah 7:73
Study it in the app“So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel lived in their cities. And the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in their cities.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 7:73, word by word
- the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- the gatekeepersשּׁוֹעֲרִיםshoarim
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- the singersמְשֹׁרְרִיםmeshorrim
singer
Levites in charge of leading the singing in the house of YHWH, with instruments.
Where else “meshorrim” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- the Nethinimנְּתִינִיםnetinim
Nethinim
Nethinim: servants of the sanctuary. The name comes from the Hebrew netinim, "given ones": they were given to help the Levites in the work of the house of Elohim (Ezra 8:20).
Where else “netinim” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- livedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- in their citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- And the seventh monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- And the seventh monthשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- cameיִּגַּעyiga
reach
To reach a place or a moment.
Where else “yiga” appears- and the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears
The context
72And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drachmas of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven tunics of priests.
73 · This verse (above)