The Meaning of Nehemiah 7:32 Explained

Nehemiah 7:32

KJV: The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

YLT: Men of Bethel and Ai: a hundred twenty and three.

Darby: The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.

ASV: The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The men  of Bethel  and Ai,  an hundred  twenty  and three. 

What does Nehemiah 7:32 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 7

1  Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah
5  A register of the genealogy of them which came at the first out of Babylon
9  of the people
39  of the priests
43  of the Levites
46  of the Nethinims
57  of Solomon's servants
63  and of the priests which could not find their pedigree
66  The whole number of them, with their substance
70  Their offerings

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 7:32 mean?

The men of Bethel and Ai a hundred twenty and three -
אַנְשֵׁ֤י בֵֽית־ אֵל֙ וְהָעָ֔י מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה ס

אַנְשֵׁ֤י  The  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אֵל֙  Bethel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית־אֵל  
Sense: ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name).
וְהָעָ֔י  and  Ai 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַי 
Sense: a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the 2nd city taken on the invasion of Canaan.
מֵאָ֖ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה  and  three 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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