The Meaning of Ezra 2:42 Explained

Ezra 2:42

KJV: The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.

YLT: Sons of the gatekeepers; sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai, the whole are a hundred thirty and nine.

Darby: The children of the doorkeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred and thirty-nine.

ASV: The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The children  of the porters:  the children  of Shallum,  the children  of Ater,  the children  of Talmon,  the children  of Akkub,  the children  of Hatita,  the children  of Shobai,  [in] all an hundred  thirty  and nine. 

What does Ezra 2:42 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 2:42 mean?

The sons of the gatekeepers the sons of Shallum the sons of Ater of Talmon of Akkub of Hatita and the sons of Shobai [in] all a hundred thirty and nine -
בְּנֵ֣י הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗ים בְּנֵי־ שַׁלּ֤וּם בְּנֵֽי־ אָטֵר֙ טַלְמ֣וֹן עַקּ֔וּב חֲטִיטָ֖א בְּנֵ֣י שֹׁבָ֑י הַכֹּ֕ל מֵאָ֖ה שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְתִשְׁעָֽה פ

בְּנֵ֣י  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֗ים  of  the  gatekeepers 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
בְּנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שַׁלּ֤וּם  of  Shallum 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁלּוּם  
Sense: son of Jabesh, conspirator and slayer of king Zachariah of the northern kingdom of Israel ending the dynasty of Jehu; assumed the throne and became the 5th king of the northern kingdom; reigned for one month and was killed by Menahem.
בְּנֵֽי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָטֵר֙  of  Ater 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָטֵר  
Sense: an exiled descendant of Hezekiah.
טַלְמ֣וֹן  of  Talmon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: טַלְמֹון  
Sense: the head of a family of doorkeepers in the temple; some of his descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra.
עַקּ֔וּב  of  Akkub 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַקּוּב  
Sense: son of Elioenai and descendant of David through Zerubbabel.
חֲטִיטָ֖א  of  Hatita 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֲטִיטָא  
Sense: head of a family of Levitical porters or gate-keepers who returned from exile with Zerubbabel.
בְּנֵ֣י  and  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שֹׁבָ֑י  of  Shobai 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁבַי  
Sense: ancestor of a family of doorkeepers of the temple who returned with Zerubbabel.
הַכֹּ֕ל  [in]  all 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מֵאָ֖ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים  thirty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים  
Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
וְתִשְׁעָֽה  and  nine 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: תֵּשַׁע  
Sense: nine, nonad.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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