The Meaning of Nehemiah 7:73 Explained

Nehemiah 7:73

KJV: So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

YLT: And they dwell -- the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel -- in their cities, and the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel are in their cities.

Darby: And the priests, and the Levites, and the doorkeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in their cities,

ASV: So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So the priests,  and the Levites,  and the porters,  and the singers,  and [some] of the people,  and the Nethinims,  and all Israel,  dwelt  in their cities;  and when the seventh  month  came,  the children  of Israel  [were] in their cities. 

What does Nehemiah 7:73 Mean?

Study Notes

seventh month
i.e. October; also, Nehemiah 8:2 ; Nehemiah 8:14 .

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 7:73 mean?

So dwelt the priests and the Levites and the gatekeepers and the singers and [some] of the people and the Nethinim and all Israel in their cities and when came the month seventh and the sons of Israel [were] in their cities
וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֡ם וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִים֩ וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֨ים וּמִן־ הָעָ֧ם וְהַנְּתִינִ֛ים וְכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּגַּע֙ הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וּבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם

וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ  So  dwelt 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים  the  priests 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
וְהַלְוִיִּ֡ם  and  the  Levites 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִים֩  and  the  gatekeepers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֹׁועֵר  
Sense: gatekeeper, porter.
וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֨ים  and  the  singers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שִׁיר  
Sense: to sing.
וּמִן־  and  [some] 
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.
הָעָ֧ם  of  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
וְהַנְּתִינִ֛ים  and  the  Nethinim 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: נְתוּנִים 
Sense: Nethinims.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
בְּעָרֵיהֶ֑ם  in  their  cities 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
וַיִּגַּע֙  and  when  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָגַע  
Sense: to touch, reach, strike.
הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ  the  month 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י  seventh 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁבִיעִי  
Sense: seventh.
וּבְנֵ֥י  and  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם  [were]  in  their  cities 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.

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