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Nehemiah 12

Neh. 12:36 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And his brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, Shemaiah
Shma`yah (Hebrew #8098)
from 8085 and 3050; Jah has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites
KJV usage: Shemaiah.
Pronounce: shem-aw-yaw'
Origin: or Shmamyahuw {shem-aw-yaw'-hoo}
, and Azarael
`Azar'el (Hebrew #5832)
God has helped; Azarel, the name of five Israelites
KJV usage: Azarael, Azareel.
Pronounce: az-ar-ale'
Origin: from 5826 and 410
, Milalai
Milalay (Hebrew #4450)
talkative; Milalai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Milalai.
Pronounce: mee-lal-ah'-ee
Origin: from 4448
, Gilalai
Gilalay (Hebrew #1562)
dungy; Gilalai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Gilalai.
Pronounce: ghe-lal-ah'-ee
Origin: from 1561
, Maai
Ma`ai (Hebrew #4597)
sympathetic; Maai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Maai.
Pronounce: maw-ah'-ee
Origin: probably from 4578
, Nethaneel
Nthane'l (Hebrew #5417)
given of God; Nethanel, the name of ten Israelites
KJV usage: Nethaneel.
Pronounce: neth-an-ale'
Origin: from 5414 and 410
, and Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
, Hanani
Chananiy (Hebrew #2607)
gracious; Chanani, the name of six Israelites
KJV usage: Hanani.
Pronounce: khan-aw-nee'
Origin: from 2603
, with the musical
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
instruments
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
t of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
the man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, and Ezra
`Ezra' (Hebrew #5830)
Ezra, an Israelite
KJV usage: Ezra.
Pronounce: ez-raw'
Origin: a variation of 5833
the scribe
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
them.
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1 Chron. 23:6• 6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (1 Chron. 23:6)

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Azarael; Azareel,
Brethren,
David,
Ezra,
Gilalai,
God,
Hanani,
Judah,
Maai,
Milalai,
Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,
Nethaneel,
Scribes,
Shemaiah

Cross References

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musical instruments.
Neh. 12:24• 24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. (Neh. 12:24)
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1 Chron. 23:5• 5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. (1 Chron. 23:5)
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2 Chron. 8:14• 14And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. (2 Chron. 8:14)
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Amos 6:5• 5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David; (Amos 6:5)
Ezra.
Ezra 7:1• 1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, (Ezra 7:1)
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Ezra 8:1• 1These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. (Ezra 8:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe before them.