Focused Passage

Nehemiah 11:25-36

Jerusalem Is Repopulated and the Restored Community Is Ordered in the Land

The leaders live in Jerusalem, lots are cast so one-tenth of the people will settle there, volunteers are blessed, and the restored community is ordered by families, priests, Levites, gatekeepers, servants, officials, villages, and regions.

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25As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;

26in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;

27in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;

28in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;

29in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,

30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.

31The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;

32in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

35Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.

36And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.

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References and Original Words

Verse 25

Original words

As forוְאֶל־H413Conjunctive waw | Prepositionthe villagesהַחֲצֵרִ֖יםH2691Article | Noun - common pluralwith their fieldsבִּשְׂדֹתָ֑םH7704Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralsome of the peopleמִבְּנֵ֣יH1121Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural constructof Judahיְהוּדָ֗הH3063Noun - proper - masculine singularlivedיָֽשְׁב֞וּH3427Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralvvvבְּקִרְיַ֤תH7153Prepositionin Kiriath-arbaהָֽאַרְבַּע֙H7153Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular-וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָH1323Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singularDibonוּבְדִיבֹן֙H1769Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular-וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָH1323Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singularJekabzeelוּבִֽיקַּבְצְאֵ֖לH3343Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularand their villagesוַחֲצֵרֶֽיהָ׃H2691Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 26

Original words

in Jeshuaוּבְיֵשׁ֥וּעַH3442Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularMoladahוּבְמוֹלָדָ֖הH4137Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularvvvוּבְבֵ֥יתH1046and Beth-peletפָּֽלֶט׃H1046Conjunctive waw, Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 27

Original words

vvvוּבַחֲצַ֥רH2705in Hazar-shualשׁוּעָ֛לH2705Conjunctive waw, Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singularvvvוּבִבְאֵ֥רH884in Beershebaשֶׁ֖בַעH884Conjunctive waw, Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singularand its villagesוּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃H1323Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 28

Original words

in Ziklagוּבְצִֽקְלַ֥גH6860Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularin Meconahוּבִמְכֹנָ֖הH4368Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularand its villagesוּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃H1323Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 29

Original words

vvvוּבְעֵ֥יןH5884in En-rimmonרִמּ֛וֹןH5884Conjunctive waw, Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singularZorahוּבְצָרְעָ֖הH6881Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularJarmuthוּבְיַרְמֽוּת׃H3412Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 30

Original words

Zanoahזָנֹ֤חַH2182Noun - proper - feminine singularAdullamעֲדֻלָּם֙H5725Noun - proper - feminine singularand their villagesוְחַצְרֵיהֶ֔םH2691Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine pluralin Lachishלָכִישׁ֙H3923Noun - proper - feminine singularand its fieldsוּשְׂדֹתֶ֔יהָH7704Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularand in Azekahעֲזֵקָ֖הH5825Noun - proper - feminine singularand its villagesוּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָH1323Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singularSo they settledוַיַּחֲנ֥וּH2583Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralvvvמִבְּאֵֽר־H884Prepositionfrom Beershebaשֶׁ֖בַעH884Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singularall the way toעַד־H5704Prepositionthe Valleyגֵּֽיא־H1516Noun - proper - feminine singularof Hinnomהִנֹּֽם׃H2011Noun - proper
Verse 31

Original words

The descendantsוּבְנֵ֥יH1121Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural constructof Benjaminבִנְיָמִ֖ןH1144Noun - proper - masculine singularfrom Gebaמִגָּ֑בַעH1387Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular[lived] in Michmashמִכְמָ֣שׂH4363Noun - proper - feminine singularAijaוְעַיָּ֔הH5857Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularvvvוּבֵֽית־H1008and Bethelאֵ֖לH1008Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularwith its villagesוּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃H1323Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 32

Original words

in Anathothעֲנָת֥וֹתH6068Noun - proper - feminine singularNobנֹ֖בH5011Noun - proper - feminine singularAnaniahעֲנָֽנְיָֽה׃H6055Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 33

Original words

Hazorחָצ֥וֹר׀H2674Noun - proper - feminine singularRamahרָמָ֖הH7414Noun - proper - feminine singularGittaimגִּתָּֽיִם׃H1664Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 34

Original words

Hadidחָדִ֥ידH2307Noun - proper - feminine singularZeboimצְבֹעִ֖יםH6650Noun - proper - feminine singularNeballatנְבַלָּֽט׃H5041Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 35

Original words

Lodלֹ֥דH3850Noun - proper - feminine singularand Onoוְאוֹנ֖וֹH207Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularand in the Valleyגֵּ֥יH1516Noun - proper - feminine singularof the Craftsmenהַחֲרָשִֽׁים׃H2798Noun

BSB notes

  • Hebrew in Ge-harashim
Verse 36

Original words

And someוּמִן־H4480Conjunctive waw | Prepositiondivisionsמַחְלְק֥וֹתH4256Noun - feminine plural constructof the Levitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םH3881Article | Noun - proper - masculine pluralof Judahיְהוּדָ֖הH3063Noun - proper - masculine singularsettled in Benjaminלְבִנְיָמִֽין׃פH1144Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular

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