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Nehemiah 7

Neh. 7:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
of Bethlehem
Beyth (Hebrew #1035)
house of bread; Beth- Lechem, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-lehem.
Pronounce: Lechem
Origin: from 1004 and 3899
and Netophah
Ntophah (Hebrew #5199)
distillation; Netophah, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Netophah.
Pronounce: net-o-faw'
Origin: from 5197
, an hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
fourscore
shmoniym (Hebrew #8084)
mult. from 8083; eighty, also eightieth
KJV usage: eighty(-ieth), fourscore.
Pronounce: shem-o-neem'
Origin: or shmowniym {shem-o-neem'}
and eight
shmoneh (Hebrew #8083)
feminine shmonah {shem-o-naw'}; or shmownah {shem-o-naw'}; apparently from 8082 through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the "perfect" seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
KJV usage: eight((-een, -eenth)), eighth.
Pronounce: shem-o-neh'
Origin: or shmowneh {shem-o-neh'}
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Beth-lehem, Bethlehem,
Netophah

Cross References

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The men.The Septuagint reads here the same as in the parallel place, [Huioi Baithalem, hekaton eikositris; huioi Atopha (Alex. Anetopha) pentekontaex;] "The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty and three; the children of Netophah, fifty and six."
Though this reading is not found in any Hebrew MS. yet collated, it is doubtless the true one.Bethlehem.
Ezra 2:21‑22• 21The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
 22The men of Netophah, fifty and six. (Ezra 2:21‑22)
179.

J. N. Darby Translation

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The mend of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty-eight.

JND Translation Notes

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Enosh; and so to ver. 33.