The Meaning of Ezra 2:41 Explained

Ezra 2:41

KJV: The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.

YLT: The singers: sons of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.

Darby: The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and twenty-eight.

ASV: The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The singers:  the children  of Asaph,  an hundred  twenty  and eight. 

What does Ezra 2:41 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 2:41 mean?

The singers the sons of Asaph a hundred twenty and eight -
הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים בְּנֵ֣י אָסָ֔ף מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה פ

הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים  The  singers 
Parse: Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שִׁיר  
Sense: to sing.
בְּנֵ֣י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָסָ֔ף  of  Asaph 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָסָף  
Sense: the father of Hezekiah’s secretary.
מֵאָ֖ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וּשְׁמֹנָֽה  and  eight 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמֹנֶה  
Sense: eight, eighth.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation