Nehemiah 7:38

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%)

סנאה סְנָאָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

סנאה

Çᵉnâʼâh

Definition

Senaah, a place in Palestine

Root

from an unused root meaning to prick; thorny;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to prick; thorny; Senaah, a place in Palestine; Senaah, Hassenaah (with the article).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5570

אזל

ʼâzal

Definition

to go away, hence, to disappear

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to go away, hence, to disappear; fail, gad about, go to and fro (but in Ezekiel 27:19 the word is rendered by many 'from Uzal,' by others 'yarn'), be gone (spent).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H235

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סְנָאָה

noun proper • Root סנא • Strongs / High • Page 1027

(from סְנָא; thorn-hedge) n. p. of a city in Judah Ezr. 2, 35; with the article Neh. 3, 3.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָזַל

verb • Page 36

I. To go away (Prov. 20:14). To go away, disappear; applied to the drying up of water (Job 14:11); to the consumption of articles of living (1 Sam. 9:7); to the disappearing of succour (Deut. 32:36).

אָזַל

verb • Page 36

II. to spin, weave (Comp. Talmud אֲזַלְתָּא a weaver). Part. Pu. מְאוּזָּל something spun or woven (Ezek. 27:19).

סְנָאָה

proper name • Root סנא • Page 478

A city in Judah. (Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:38, 3:3).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: σαναα

LXX Usage Statistics

H5570:

σαναα 2× (66.7%)

Hassenaah_§Senaah@Ezr.2.35:

No stats available

שלשת שְׁלֹשֶׁת

three

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 feminine 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%)

אלפים אֲלָפִים

thousands

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אלף

ʼeleph

Definition

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

Root

prop, the same as H504 (אלף);

Exhaustive

prop, the same as אלף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H505

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶלֶף

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 143

Oxen, heifers, cattle for the yoke; tame house-animals; the name of the first letter of the alphabet.

אֶלֶף

numeral / noun masculine • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

As a numeral, a thousand; properly the union of many individuals, a mass; then fixed to a definite number.

אֶלֶף

noun masculine • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

Properly a union of family members, therefore association of the members of a family or tribe, larger communities into which every race was divided; a smaller division of a tribe or race.

אֶלֶף

noun proper • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

A city in Benjamin's territory (Josh. 18, 28).

אֶלֶף

unknown • Strongs_Numbers • Page 145

see אַלּוּף

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶלֶף

masc. epicene / dec. vi. b. • Root אלף • Page 54

I. ox, animal of the ox kind. Deut. 7: 13. 28: 4. Ps. 8: 8. Perhaps denoting literally tame cattle.

אֶלֶף

m. prim. dec. vi. b. • Page 54

II. 1. thousand. Dual אַלְפַּיִם. Plur. אֲלָפִים. 2. family, subdivision of a tribe, originally of a thousand, i. q. מִשְׁפָּחָה. Judg. 6: 15. 1 Sam. 10: 19. 23: 23.

Adjective cardinal number masculine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0505:

No stats available

תשע תְּשַׁע

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

תשע

têshaʻ

Definition

nine or (ordinal) ninth

Root

or (masculine) תשעה; perhaps from H8159 (שעה) through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten;

Exhaustive

or (masculine) תשעה; perhaps from שעה through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or (ordinal) ninth; nine ([phrase] -teen, [phrase] -teenth, -th).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8672

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

תֵּשַׁע

numeral cardinal • Strongs / High • Page 1536

Nine (cardinal number, feminine form, with masculine form תִּשְׁעָה). It is also used to stand for the ordinal number ('the ninth'). When combined with עָשָׂר, it denotes nineteen.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

תֵּשַׁע

noun feminine • Page 729

nine. (Construct form תְּשַׁע; masculine form תִּשְׁעָה, const. תִּשְׁעַת). Also used for 'ninth' in the numbering of days (e.g., Lev. 23: 32). Plural form תִּשְׁעִים means ninety.

Adjective cardinal number both singular construct

LXX: ἐννέα ἐννακόσια ἐννακόσιοι εἴκοσι πεντήκοντα

LXX Usage Statistics

H8672:

ἐννέα 24× (27.7%)

ἐννακόσια 9× (12.1%)

ἐννακόσιοι 6× (8.1%)

εἴκοσι 6× (6.6%)

πεντήκοντα 4× (4.2%)

ἐνάτῃ 3× (3.6%)

ἑβδομήκοντα 3× (3.6%)

ἐννεακαιδέκατοσ 3× (3.6%)

τριακοστῷ 3× (3.4%)

ἐνάτῳ 3× (3.0%)

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%)

ושלשיםפ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים׃פ

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

שלושים

shᵉlôwshîym

Definition

thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth

Root

or שלשים; multiple of H7969 (שלוש);

Exhaustive

or שלשים; multiple of שלוש; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth; thirty, thirtieth. Compare שליש.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7970

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁלִשִׁים

unknown • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1441

(Or שְׁלֹשִׁים) Only in Prov. 22, 20 K'ri: sometimes translated three times, threefold, i. e. often.

Matched via consonantal key only

שְׁלֹשִׁים

numeral • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1440

thirty (increase by tens), given by the plural without distinction of gender.

Matched via consonantal key only

שְׁלֹשִׁים

m. plur. • Root שלש • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1441

m. plur. 1. thirty. 2. Same as שְׁלֹשָׁה (2), an association of heroes.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁלִשִׁים

masc. plur. denom. • Root שלש • Page 683

posterity of the third generation, grand-children. Ex. 20: 5. 34: 7. Includes 'great grand-children' Gen. 50: 23.

שְׁלֹשִׁים

com. gen. • Root שלוש • Page 683

thirty. Used as an ordinal, 1 K. 16: 23.

Conjunction, Adjective cardinal number masculine plural absolute

LXX: τριάκοντα ἑκατὸν δύο τριακοστῷ πέντε

LXX Usage Statistics

H7970:

τριάκοντα 133× (51.5%)

ἑκατὸν 26× (9.6%)

δύο 14× (4.8%)

τριακοστῷ 11× (4.0%)

πέντε 10× (3.4%)

πεντεκαιεικοσαετοῦσ 6× (2.2%)

εἴκοσι 4× (1.4%)

τρία 4× (1.3%)

τρεῖσ 4× (1.5%)

ὡσεὶ 3× (1.3%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

LITV Translation:
The sons of Senaah were three thousand, nine hundred and thirty.