Nehemiah 7:67

Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
manservants	עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם 'av.dei.Hem	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
maidservants	וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ ve.'am.ho.tei.Hem	H519	a maidservant or female slave · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
seven	שִׁבְעַ֣ת shiv.'At	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
thousand	אֲלָפִ֔ים 'a.la.Fim	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · cardinal number, both genders plural absolute
three	שְׁלֹ֥שׁ she.Losh	H7969	three · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
hundred	מֵא֖וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · cardinal number, feminine plural absolute
thirty	שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים she.lo.Shim	H7970	thirty · cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
seven	וְשִׁבְעָ֑ה ve.shiv.'Ah	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
hundred	מָאתַ֖יִם ma.Ta.yim	H3967	a hundred · cardinal number, feminine dual absolute
forty	אַרְבָּעִים ʼarbâʻîym	H705	forty
five	חָמֵשׁ châmêsh	H2568	five
men	מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙ me.sho.ra.Rim	H7891	to sing · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
women	וּמְשֹׁ֣רֲר֔וֹת u.me.Sho.ra.Rot	H7891	to sing · conjunction + verb, piel active participle, feminine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ezra 2:65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundr…
Isaiah 45:1-2 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of k…
Jeremiah 27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 7:5–end

We have here another good project of Nehemiah's; for wise and zealous men will be always contriving something or other for the glory of God and the edification of his church. He knew very well that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the number and valour of the inhabitants than upon the height or strength of its walls; and therefore, observing that the people were few that dwelt in it, he thought fit to take an account of the people, that he might find what families had formerly had their settlement in Jerusalem, but were now removed into the country, that he might bring them back, and what families could in any other way be influenced by their religion, or by their business,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 7:39

OF THE PRIESTS. (Neh. 7:39-73) The priests--It appears that only four of the courses of the priests returned from the captivity; and that the course of Abia (Luk 1:5) is not in the list. But it must be noticed that these four courses were afterwards divided into twenty-four, which retained the names of the original courses which David appointed.

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 7:54

The children of Mehida - Many of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., have Mehira.

John Gill on Nehemiah 7:6

These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity,.... Who were of the province of Judea, as it was now reduced, and came up out of the captivity of Babylon through the edict of Cyrus; see Ezra 2:1, where the same preface is given to the list of names as here; and from hence to the end of Nehemiah 7:69 the same account is given of persons and families as there, with some little difference of numbers and names; in some instances there are more in this list, in others fewer, which may be thus accounted for; that list was made in Babylon, when, upon the edict of Cyrus, the Jews, who intended to go up with Zerubbabel, gave in their names, and they were registered; but this…

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Dictionary and topics

Woman · Allowed to join in the temple-music from the time of David — Allowed to join in the temple-music from the time of David
Women · In chorus — In chorus

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Nehemiah 7:67

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 7:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 7:39

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 7:54

John Gill on Nehemiah 7:6

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 7:67

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 7:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 7:39

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 7:54

John Gill on Nehemiah 7:6

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 7:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 7:66

Rashi on Nehemiah 7:7