The Meaning of Nehemiah 11:21 Explained

Nehemiah 11:21

KJV: But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.

YLT: and the Nethinim are dwelling in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa are over the Nethinim.

Darby: And the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel; and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinim.

ASV: But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But the Nethinims  dwelt  in Ophel:  and Ziha  and Gispa  [were] over the Nethinims. 

What does Nehemiah 11:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 11

1  The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem
3  A catalogue of their names
20  Those who remain dwell in other cities

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 11:21 mean?

But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel and Ziha and Gishpa [were] over the Nethinim -
וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים יֹשְׁבִ֣ים בָּעֹ֑פֶל וְצִיחָ֥א וְגִשְׁפָּ֖א עַל־ הַנְּתִינִֽים פ

וְהַנְּתִינִ֖ים  But  the  Nethinim 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: נְתוּנִים 
Sense: Nethinims.
יֹשְׁבִ֣ים  dwelt 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בָּעֹ֑פֶל  in  Ophel 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹפֶל  
Sense: a ridge of hills in Jerusalem, fortified for defense of the city.
וְצִיחָ֥א  and  Ziha 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צִיחָא  
Sense: ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile in Babylon with Zerubbabel.
וְגִשְׁפָּ֖א  and  Gishpa 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גִּשְׁפָּא  
Sense: an officer of the temple slaves returning from exile with Nehemiah.
עַל־  [were]  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַנְּתִינִֽים  the  Nethinim 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: נְתוּנִים 
Sense: Nethinims.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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