The Meaning of Nehemiah 12:7 Explained

Nehemiah 12:7

KJV: Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

YLT: Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these are heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

Darby: Sallu, Amok, Hilkijah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

ASV: Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Sallu,  Amok,  Hilkiah,  Jedaiah.  These [were] the chief  of the priests  and of their brethren  in the days  of Jeshua. 

What does Nehemiah 12:7 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 12:7 mean?

Sallu Amok Hilkiah [and] Jedaiah These [were] the heads of the priests and their brothers in the days of Jeshua -
סַלּ֣וּ עָמ֔וֹק חִלְקִיָּ֖ה יְדַֽעְיָ֑ה אֵ֣לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֧י הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם בִּימֵ֥י יֵשֽׁוּעַ פ

סַלּ֣וּ  Sallu 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: סַלֻּא 
Sense: a priest in the time of Zerubbabel.
עָמ֔וֹק  Amok 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָמֹוק  
Sense: a priest who returned with Zerubbabel.
חִלְקִיָּ֖ה  Hilkiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִלְקִיָּה 
Sense: father of Eliakim, an officer of Hezekiah.
יְדַֽעְיָ֑ה  [and]  Jedaiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְדַעְיָה  
Sense: a priest in Jerusalem.
אֵ֣לֶּה  These  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
רָאשֵׁ֧י  the  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים  of  the  priests 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם  and  their  brothers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
בִּימֵ֥י  in  the  days 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
יֵשֽׁוּעַ  of  Jeshua 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֵשׁוּעַ 
Sense: son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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