Nehemiah 7:26

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

אנשי אַנְשֵׁי

the mortal men

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אנוש

ʼĕnôwsh

Definition

a man in general (singly or collectively)

Root

from H605 (אנש); properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H120 (אדם)); hence,

Exhaustive

from אנש; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אדם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare איש.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H582

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֱנוֹשׁ

noun masculine • Root אנש • Strongs_Numbers • Page 160

A poetical expression for man, collectively spoken of the human race; also denotes mortal, decaying man, or particularly low-minded, corrupt man.

אֱנוֹשׁ

noun proper • Strongs_Numbers • Page 161

Proper name of a grandson of Adam, a son of Seth; in the antediluvian tradition an original conception of the primitive man.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֱנוֹשׁ

m. prim. • Page 61

man, also collect. men. Found only poetically in Job, Isaiah, and the Psalms, except 2 Chr. 14:11. The prose expression is אָדָם.

Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0582:

No stats available

בית בֵית־

house

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית לחם

Bêyth Lechem

Definition

Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

Root

from H1004 (בית) and H3899 (לחם); house of bread;

Exhaustive

from בית and לחם; house of bread; Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine; Bethlehem.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1035

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לֶ֫חֶם

noun • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Food, victuals, household food, sustenance; a meal. Specially bread, a loaf. Less commonly, the juice or sap of a tree, or used in place names to mean 'fight'.

Matched via consonantal key only

לֶ֫חֶם

noun masculine • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Flesh, body; properly, the full, swelling, dense part.

Matched via consonantal key only

לְחֶם

comm. • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Aramaic word for common food, a feast, a table.

Matched via consonantal key only

לֵחֹם

noun • Root לח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 797

Juice (referred to shorter word לַח).

Matched via consonantal key only

לֶחֶם

common noun • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

Food for men or animals; hence applied to manna, sacrificial food, fruits of the earth, bread-corn, grain, wheat, sustenance.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחֵם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

(Not used) Aramaic verb, same as the Hebrew לָחַם (to be thick, full).

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחֶם

participle • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

Properly a participle, carrying on war or strife; then war, or a siege.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחַם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

1. To take food, to eat, to consume. 2. Figuratively, to destroy, to fight, to war.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחַם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

(Not used) intransitive verb meaning to be thick, full, swelling, as in the fullness of the body or flesh.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בֵּית לֶחֶם

noun • Page 97

(house of bread) a village in the tribe of Judah, the birth-place of David. Mic. 5:1. Ruth 1:2. Comp. אֶפְרָתָה. Also a city in the tribe of Zebulun, Josh. 19:15. The gentile noun is בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי 1 Sam. 16:1, 18.

Noun proper name

LXX: βαιθλεεμ βηθλεεμ pἐν pεἰσ βαιθλαεμ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1035:

βαιθλεεμ 38× (33.5%)

βηθλεεμ 26× (24.1%)

pἐν 8× (7.3%)

pεἰσ 6× (6.2%)

βαιθλαεμ 5× (5.0%)

'' 4× (3.5%)

ἕωσ 2× (2.1%)

βηθλεεμίτην 2× (2.1%)

--- 2× (2.1%)

pἕωσ 2× (2.1%)

לחם לֶחֶם

bread loaf

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בית לחם

Bêyth Lechem

Definition

Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

Root

from H1004 (בית) and H3899 (לחם); house of bread;

Exhaustive

from בית and לחם; house of bread; Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine; Bethlehem.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1035

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לֶ֫חֶם

noun • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Food, victuals, household food, sustenance; a meal. Specially bread, a loaf. Less commonly, the juice or sap of a tree, or used in place names to mean 'fight'.

Matched via consonantal key only

לֶ֫חֶם

noun masculine • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Flesh, body; properly, the full, swelling, dense part.

Matched via consonantal key only

לְחֶם

comm. • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

Aramaic word for common food, a feast, a table.

Matched via consonantal key only

לֵחֹם

noun • Root לח • Consonantal / Medium • Page 797

Juice (referred to shorter word לַח).

Matched via consonantal key only

לֶחֶם

common noun • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

Food for men or animals; hence applied to manna, sacrificial food, fruits of the earth, bread-corn, grain, wheat, sustenance.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחֵם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

(Not used) Aramaic verb, same as the Hebrew לָחַם (to be thick, full).

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחֶם

participle • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

Properly a participle, carrying on war or strife; then war, or a siege.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחַם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 782

1. To take food, to eat, to consume. 2. Figuratively, to destroy, to fight, to war.

Matched via consonantal key only

לָחַם

verb • Root לחם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 783

(Not used) intransitive verb meaning to be thick, full, swelling, as in the fullness of the body or flesh.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בֵּית לֶחֶם

noun • Page 97

(house of bread) a village in the tribe of Judah, the birth-place of David. Mic. 5:1. Ruth 1:2. Comp. אֶפְרָתָה. Also a city in the tribe of Zebulun, Josh. 19:15. The gentile noun is בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי 1 Sam. 16:1, 18.

Noun proper name

LXX: βαιθλεεμ βηθλεεμ pἐν pεἰσ βαιθλαεμ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1035:

βαιθλεεμ 38× (33.5%)

βηθλεεμ 26× (24.1%)

pἐν 8× (7.3%)

pεἰσ 6× (6.2%)

βαιθλαεμ 5× (5.0%)

'' 4× (3.5%)

ἕωσ 2× (2.1%)

βηθλεεμίτην 2× (2.1%)

--- 2× (2.1%)

pἕωσ 2× (2.1%)

ונטפה וּנְטֹפָה

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

נטפה

Nᵉṭôphâh

Definition

Netophah, a place in Palestine

Root

from H5197 (נטף); distillation;

Exhaustive

from נטף; distillation; Netophah, a place in Palestine; Netophah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5199

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נְטֹפָה

noun proper • Root נטף • Strongs / High • Page 966

see נְטוּפָה.

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX: νετωφατι νετωφα νετωφαθι

LXX Usage Statistics

H5199:

νετωφατι 3× (27.6%)

νετωφα 2× (20.4%)

νετωφαθι 2× (18.9%)

מאה מֵאָה

a 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 singular 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%)

שמנים שְׁמֹנִים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שמנים

shᵉmônîym

Definition

eighty, also eightieth

Root

or שמונים; multiple from H8083 (שמנה);

Exhaustive

or שמונים; multiple from שמנה; eighty, also eightieth; eighty(-ieth), fourscore.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8084

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁמָנִים

noun masculine • Consonantal / Low • Page 1449

fat, fat part, of the earth, i. e. fruitful soil.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁמַנִּים

masc. plur. verbal noun / dec. viii. h. • Root שמן • Page 687

fat, fatness, (of the earth) (Gen. 27:28, 39).

Adjective cardinal number masculine plural absolute

LXX: ὀγδοήκοντα ἑκατὸν πέντε πεντήκοντα ἑπτὰ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8084:

ὀγδοήκοντα 28× (54.6%)

ἑκατὸν 7× (14.6%)

πέντε 4× (5.8%)

πεντήκοντα 3× (5.6%)

ἑπτὰ 2× (2.5%)

ושמנהס וּשְׁמֹנָה׃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

שמנה

shᵉmôneh

Definition

a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth

Root

or שמונה; feminine שמנה; or שמונה; apparently from H8082 (שמן) through the idea of plumpness;

Exhaustive

or שמונה; feminine שמנה; or שמונה; apparently from שמן through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth; eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8083

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁמֵן

verb • Root שמנ • Inferred / Low • Page 1449

intransitive: to be thick, fat, corpulent; figuratively: to be rich, to shine with fatness, to pamper themselves.

Matched via inferred root to Fuerst root field

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁמֹנֶה and שְׁמֹנָה

f. and m. numeral • Page 687

eight. Plur. שְׁמֹנִים eighty.

Conjunction, Adjective cardinal number feminine singular absolute

LXX: ὀκτὼ δέκα ὀκτώ ὀκτωκαίδεκα ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8083:

ὀκτὼ 35× (24.1%)

δέκα 11× (7.4%)

ὀκτώ 10× (5.6%)

ὀκτωκαίδεκα 9× (7.0%)

ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ 7× (5.0%)

εἴκοσι 7× (4.8%)

ὀκτακόσιοι 6× (4.5%)

'' 6× (4.0%)

ἑπτακόσια 5× (4.0%)

τριάκοντα 4× (2.8%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The men of the house of bread and Netophah, a hundred eighty and eight.

LITV Translation:
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah were a hundred and eighty eight.