The Meaning of Nehemiah 12:42 Explained

Nehemiah 12:42

KJV: And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

YLT: and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;

Darby: and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud; and Jizrahiah was their overseer.

ASV: and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Maaseiah,  and Shemaiah,  and Eleazar,  and Uzzi,  and Jehohanan,  and Malchijah,  and Elam,  and Ezer.  And the singers  sang loud,  with Jezrahiah  [their] overseer. 

What does Nehemiah 12:42 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 12:42 mean?

and Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer And sang loudly the singers and with Izrahiah the director
וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨ה וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜ה וְאֶלְעָזָ֧ר וְעֻזִּ֛י וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֥ן וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖ה וְעֵילָ֣ם וָעָ֑זֶר וַיַּשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙ הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים וְיִֽזְרַחְיָ֖ה הַפָּקִֽיד

וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨ה  and  Maaseiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַעֲשֵׂיָה 
Sense: a descendant of Jeshua who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra.
וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜ה  and  Shemaiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמַעְיָה 
Sense: a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah.
וְאֶלְעָזָ֧ר  and  Eleazar 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶלְעָזָר  
Sense: Additional Information: Eleazar = “God has helped”.
וְעֻזִּ֛י  and  Uzzi 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֻזִּי  
Sense: a Levite, son of Bukki and father of Zerahiah in the line of the high priest although apparently never high priest himself.
וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֥ן  Jehohanan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהֹוחָנָן  
Sense: a priest during the high priesthood of Joiakim who returned with Zerubbabel.
וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖ה  and  Malchijah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַלְכִּיָּה 
Sense: the father of Pashur in the time of Jeremiah.
וְעֵילָ֣ם  and  Elam 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵילָם 
Sense: a Korhite Levite in the time of David.
וָעָ֑זֶר  and  Ezer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵזֶר 
Sense: father of Hushah of the sons of Hur.
וַיַּשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙  And  sang  loudly 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים  the  singers 
Parse: Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שִׁיר  
Sense: to sing.
וְיִֽזְרַחְיָ֖ה  and  with  Izrahiah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִזְרַחְיָה  
Sense: a chieftain of Issachar.
הַפָּקִֽיד  the  director 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פָּקִיד  
Sense: commissioner, deputy, overseer, officer.