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Nehemiah 11:16 Interlinear

And Shabbethai and Jozabad business had the oversight of the outward of the house of God of the chief of the Levites

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְשַׁבְּתַ֨יH7678And Shabbethaishabbethai, the name of three israelites
2וְיֽוֹזָבָ֜דH3107and Jozabadjozabad, the name of ten israelites
3עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4הַמְּלָאכָ֤הH4399businessproperly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
5הַחִֽיצֹנָה֙H2435had the oversight of the outwardproperly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
6לְבֵ֣יתH1004of the housea house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
7הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430of Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
8מֵֽרָאשֵׁ֖יH7218of the chiefthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
9הַלְוִיִּֽם׃H3881of the Levitesa levite or descendant of levi

Verse Context

Nehemiah 11:15 Also of the Levites Shemaiah the son of Hashub the son...
Nehemiah 11:16 (current)And Shabbethai and Jozabad business had the oversight of the outward of the house of God of the chief of the Levites
Nehemiah 11:17And Mattaniah the son the son of Zabdi the son...

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