The Meaning of Nehemiah 12:28 Explained

Nehemiah 12:28

KJV: And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

YLT: and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,

Darby: And the children of the singers were assembled, both from the plain of Jordan round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,

ASV: And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of the singers  gathered themselves together,  both out of the plain country  round about  Jerusalem,  and from the villages  of Netophathi; 

What does Nehemiah 12:28 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 12:28 mean?

And gathered together the sons of the singers and from the countryside around Jerusalem the villages of the Netophathite
וַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּ בְּנֵ֖י הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים וּמִן־ הַכִּכָּר֙ סְבִיב֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם חַצְרֵ֖י נְטֹפָתִֽי

וַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּ  And  gathered  together 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
בְּנֵ֖י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים  of  the  singers 
Parse: Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שִׁיר  
Sense: to sing.
וּמִן־  and  from 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הַכִּכָּר֙  the  countryside 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: כִּכָּר  
Sense: round.
סְבִיב֣וֹת  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם  Jerusalem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
חַצְרֵ֖י  the  villages 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
נְטֹפָתִֽי  of  the  Netophathite 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נְטֹופָתִי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Netophah.

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