The Meaning of Nehemiah 12:12 Explained

Nehemiah 12:12

KJV: And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

YLT: And in the days of Joiakim have been priests, heads of the fathers; of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

Darby: And in the days of Joiakim were priests, chief fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

ASV: And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers houses : of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And in the days  of Joiakim  were priests,  the chief  of the fathers:  of Seraiah,  Meraiah;  of Jeremiah,  Hananiah; 

What does Nehemiah 12:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 12

1  The priests and the Levites which came up with Zerubbabel
10  The succession of high priests
22  Certain chief Levites
27  The solemnity of the dedication of the walls
44  The offices of priests and Levites appointed in the temple

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 12:12 mean?

And in the days of Joiakim were the priests the heads of the fathers' [houses] [were] of Seraiah Meraiah of Jeremiah Hananiah
וּבִימֵי֙ יֽוֹיָקִ֔ים הָי֥וּ כֹהֲנִ֖ים רָאשֵׁ֣י הָאָב֑וֹת לִשְׂרָיָ֣ה מְרָיָ֔ה לְיִרְמְיָ֖ה חֲנַנְיָֽה

וּבִימֵי֙  And  in  the  days 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
יֽוֹיָקִ֔ים  of  Joiakim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄויָקִים  
Sense: a priest and son of Jeshua the high priest.
כֹהֲנִ֖ים  the  priests 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
רָאשֵׁ֣י  the  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הָאָב֑וֹת  of  the  fathers'  [houses] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לִשְׂרָיָ֣ה  [were]  of  Seraiah 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׂרָיָה 
Sense: the scribe or secretary of David.
מְרָיָ֔ה  Meraiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְרָיָה  
Sense: a priest after the exile in the days of Joiakim.
לְיִרְמְיָ֖ה  of  Jeremiah 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִרְמְיָה 
Sense: the major prophet, son of Hilkiah of the priestly family in Anathoth; author of the prophetic book bearing his name.
חֲנַנְיָֽה  Hananiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֲנַנְיָה 
Sense: the godly friend of Daniel whom Nebuchadnezzar renamed Shadrach; one of the three friends who with Daniel refused to make themselves unclean by eating food from the king’s table which went against the dietary laws which God had given the Jews; also one of the three who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a graven image of Nebuchadnezzar and who were saved by the angel of the Lord.

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