The Meaning of Nehemiah 7:57 Explained

Nehemiah 7:57

KJV: The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

YLT: Sons of the servants of Solomon: sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Perida,

Darby: The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

ASV: The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The children  of Solomon's  servants:  the children  of Sotai,  the children  of Sophereth,  the children  of Perida, 

What does Nehemiah 7:57 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 7:57 mean?

The sons of servants of Solomon the sons of Sotai of Sophereth of Peruda
בְּנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה בְּנֵי־ סוֹטַ֥י סוֹפֶ֖רֶת פְרִידָֽא

בְּנֵ֖י  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עַבְדֵ֣י  of  servants 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה  of  Solomon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁלֹמֹה  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
בְּנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
סוֹטַ֥י  of  Sotai 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: סׄוטַי  
Sense: ancestor of a family of Solomon’s servants who returned from exile with Zerubbabel.
סוֹפֶ֖רֶת  of  Sophereth 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: הַסֹּפֶרֶת 
Sense: an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel.
פְרִידָֽא  of  Peruda 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פְּרוּדָא 
Sense: an ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel.

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