Nehemiah 12:6

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

שמעיה שְׁמַעְיָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שמעיה

Shᵉmaʻyâh

Definition

Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites

Root

or שמעיהו; from H8085 (שמע) and H3050 (יה); Jah has heard;

Exhaustive

or שמעיהו; from שמע and יה; Jah has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites; Shemaiah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8098

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁמַעְיָה

noun proper masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1452

A proper name appearing in various forms (including שְׁמִיעָה, שִׁמָּה, and שַׁמּוּעַ) across Biblical references.

שְׁמַעְיָה

noun proper masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1452

The same (proper name).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: σαμαια σαμαιαν σαμαιασ σεμεϊ σαμαιου

LXX Usage Statistics

H8098:

σαμαια 16× (38.5%)

σαμαιαν 7× (17.9%)

σαμαιασ 7× (17.1%)

σεμεϊ 3× (7.3%)

σαμαιου 2× (5.1%)

ויויריב וְיוֹיָריב

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

יויריב

Yôwyârîyb

Definition

Jojarib, the name of four Israelites

Root

a form of H3080 (יהויריב);

Exhaustive

a form of יהויריב; Jojarib, the name of four Israelites; Joiarib.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3114

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ιωριβ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3114:

ιωριβ 2× (45.5%)

ידעיה יְדַעְיָה׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ידעיה

Yᵉdaʻyâh

Definition

Jedajah, the name of two Israelites

Root

from H3045 (ידע) and H3050 (יה); Jah has known;

Exhaustive

from ידע and יה; Jah has known; Jedajah, the name of two Israelites; Jedaiah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3048

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יְדַעְיָה

proper name • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 583

A proper name.

יְדַעְיָה

proper noun / masculine • Root ידע • Strongs / High • Page 585

A proper name meaning 'Jah is knowing'.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: ιωδαε ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3048:

ιωδαε 2× (20.7%)

'' 2× (17.6%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

LITV Translation:
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,