Ezra 2:34

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

בני בְּנֵי

sons/my son

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בן

bên

Definition

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

Root

from H1129 (בנה);

Exhaustive

from בנה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1121

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בֵּן

masc. noun • Root בין • Strongs / High • Page 253

1. A child, begotten, born, often without distinction of sex (frequently pluralized as children). 2. Specifically, a son, a male child (opposite daughter). 3. Used metaphorically to denote personal characteristics (virtuous or vicious personality, heir of virtue/vice) or objects (e.g., young animals, plants, or inanimate objects). 4. A grandson; also used as boy, youth, prince, heir to the throne.

Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: υἱοὶ υἱὸσ υἱῶν υἱοῦ υἱοῖσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1121a:

υἱοὶ 1075× (22.0%)

υἱὸσ 753× (16.8%)

υἱῶν 607× (12.2%)

υἱοῦ 368× (8.1%)

υἱοῖσ 329× (6.1%)

υἱοὺσ 292× (5.7%)

υἱὸν 213× (4.6%)

--- 116× (2.6%)

υἱὲ 96× (2.2%)

'' 84× (1.6%)

ירחו יְרֵחוֹ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יריחו

Yᵉrîychôw

Definition

Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine

Root

or ירחו; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יריחה; perhaps from H3394 (ירח); its month; or else from H7306 (רוח); fragrant;

Exhaustive

or ירחו; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יריחה; perhaps from ירח; its month; or else from רוח; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine; Jericho.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3405

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יְרִיחוֹ

proper name • Page 298

Jericho, a celebrated city of Palestine, not far from Jordan and the Dead sea, in the tribe of Benjamin. Also spelled יְרֵחוֹ and יְרִיחֹה. Num. 22: 1. Josh 2: 1, 2, 3. 1 K. 16: 34.

Noun proper name

LXX: ιεριχω pκατὰ --- pεἰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3405:

ιεριχω 46× (71.2%)

pκατὰ 7× (12.0%)

--- 4× (6.8%)

pεἰσ 3× (5.1%)

שלש שְׁלֹשׁ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שלוש

shâlôwsh

Definition

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

Root

or שלש; masculine שלושה; or שלשה; a primitive number;

Exhaustive

or שלש; masculine שלושה; or שלשה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שליש.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7969

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שִׁלֵּשׁ

verb • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1440

Piel (Pih.) to divide (a land) into three parts, to separate in three, to do for the third time, to do the third day (denom. from שָׁלֹשׁ).

Matched via consonantal key only

שִׁלֵּשׁ

noun • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1440

A descendant in the third generation, i.e. a grandchild (only plur. שִׁלְּשִׁים attested in this sense).

Matched via consonantal key only

שִׁלֵּשׁ

noun proper masculine • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1441

(From שֶׁלֶשׁ; might, heroism) Proper name of a man.

Matched via consonantal key only

שֶׁלֶשׁ

unknown • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1441

Three; times, threefold, i. e. often; sometimes of three kinds (Law, Prophets, Hagiographa).

Matched via consonantal key only

שַׁלֵּשׁ

adverb • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1440

for the third time; on the third day (used adverbially).

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁלַשׁ

verb intransitive • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1439

(not used) intrans. to be stout, firm, strong, of warriors and heroes.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁלֹשׁ

numeral cardinal • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1439

num. card. feminine (שְׁלֹשׁ, constr. שְׁלֹשֶׁת) and masculine (שְׁלֹשָׁה, constr. שְׁלֹשֶׁת).

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁלֹשׁ

numeral • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1440

three (feminine form); sometimes prefixed to nouns (e.g., three years), sometimes put after nouns like adjectives; also stands for a neuter (three things, three days).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֶׁלֶשׁ

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1439

(plur. שְׁלָשִׁים) see שָׁלֵשׁ.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׁלוֹשׁ

numeral • Root שלש • Page 676

three, see שָׁלֹשׁ

שָׁלוֹשׁ

adjective / numeral • Page 682

Three. (Variant of שָׁלֹשׁ).

שָׁלַשׁ

pi. denom. • Root שלוש • Page 683

1. to divide into three parts. Deut. 19:3. 2. to repeat the third time. 1 K. 18:34. 3. to do on the third day. 1 Sam. 20:19. Also in Pu.: 1. to be triple, three-fold. Ecc. 4:12. 2. to be three years old. Gen. 15:9.

שָׁלֹשׁ

adjective / numeral • Page 682

Three. Ex. 21: 11. Josh. 21: 32.

Adjective cardinal number both singular construct

LXX: τρεῖσ τρία τριῶν τριακόσιοι τρισὶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H7969:

τρεῖσ 169× (33.3%)

τρία 45× (9.1%)

τριῶν 34× (6.6%)

τριακόσιοι 22× (4.6%)

τρισὶν 17× (3.0%)

εἴκοσι 13× (2.5%)

τρισχίλιοι 11× (2.1%)

'' 10× (1.8%)

τριάκοντα 10× (2.0%)

τριακοσίουσ 10× (2.1%)

מאות מֵאוֹת

hundred

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מאה

mêʼâh

Definition

a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

Root

or מאיה; properly, a primitive numeral

Exhaustive

or מאיה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3967

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מֵאָה

f. noun • Root מאה • Strongs / High • Page 798

A multitude, a heap; then a hundred, either as a large round sum or a definite number. Its dual form מָאתַיִם means two hundred, and its plural מֵאוֹת means hundreds.

מֵאָה

numeral noun / f. • Strongs / High • Page 799

A hundred; a hundred-fold; the hundredth. Also used to denote extent or greatness, as in מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה (tower of extent, giant-tower).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מֵאָה

f. const. מְאַת / dec. xi. b. • Page 351

a hundred. Includes various forms like dual מָאתַיִם and plur. מֵאוֹות. (Gen. 17:17, 25:7; Prov. 17:10; Ecc. 8:12). Also prob. interest, usury (Neh. 5:11). Also proper name of a tower in Jerusalem (Neh. 3:1, 12:39).

Adjective cardinal number feminine plural absolute

LXX: ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι πεντήκοντα τριάκοντα διακόσιοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3967:

ἑκατὸν 146× (18.2%)

εἴκοσι 46× (5.0%)

πεντήκοντα 44× (4.5%)

τριάκοντα 39× (4.3%)

διακόσιοι 38× (4.8%)

ἑξακόσιοι 33× (4.1%)

πέντε 25× (2.1%)

ἑπτακόσιοι 23× (2.8%)

δύο 22× (1.9%)

τριακόσιοι 21× (2.7%)

ארבעים אַרְבָּעִים

fours/forty

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ארבעים

ʼarbâʻîym

Definition

forty

Root

multiple of H702 (ארבע);

Exhaustive

multiple of ארבע; forty; -forty.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H705

Adjective cardinal number masculine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0705:

No stats available

וחמשהס וַחֲמִשָּׁה׃ס

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חמש

châmêsh

Definition

five

Root

masculine חמשה; a primitive numeral;

Exhaustive

masculine חמשה; a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2568

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָמֵשׁ

numeral / cardinal / feminine • Root חמש • Strongs / High • Page 501

Five (feminine cardinal number).

חָמֵשׁ

unknown • Strongs / High • Page 1363

Word derived from an old noun-ending (-שׁ), from חָמָם.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חִמֵּשׁ

pi. denom. • Root חמש • Page 236

to cause to pay one fifth part as a tithe or tax. Gen. 41:34.

חָמֵשׁ

f. and m. • Page 236

five. Plur. חֲמִשִּׁים fifty.

Conjunction, Adjective cardinal number feminine singular absolute

LXX: πέντε εἴκοσι πεντακόσιοι '' πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2568:

πέντε 209× (47.9%)

εἴκοσι 34× (7.5%)

πεντακόσιοι 25× (6.0%)

'' 12× (2.7%)

πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ 11× (2.2%)

πεντακοσίουσ 10× (2.6%)

δέκα 9× (2.1%)

πεντεκαίδεκα 8× (2.0%)

πεντακόσια 7× (1.7%)

τριάκοντα 7× (1.5%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The sons of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

LITV Translation:
he sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty five.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.