The Meaning of Ezra 2:28 Explained

Ezra 2:28

KJV: The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

YLT: Men of Beth-El and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

Darby: The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three.

ASV: The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The men  of Bethel  and Ai,  two hundred  twenty  and three. 

What does Ezra 2:28 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezra 2

1  The number that return of the people
36  of the priests
40  of the Levites
43  of the Nethinims
55  of Solomon's servants
61  of the priests who could not show their pedigree
64  The whole number of them, with their substance
68  Their offerings

What do the individual words in Ezra 2:28 mean?

The men of Bethel and Ai two hundred twenty and three -
אַנְשֵׁ֤י בֵֽית־ אֵל֙ וְהָעָ֔י מָאתַ֖יִם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה ס

אַנְשֵׁ֤י  The  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אֵל֙  Bethel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית־אֵל  
Sense: ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name).
וְהָעָ֔י  and  Ai 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַי 
Sense: a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the 2nd city taken on the invasion of Canaan.
מָאתַ֖יִם  two  hundred 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה  and  three 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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