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Nehemiah 12

Neh. 12:40 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So stood
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
the two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
companies of them that gave thanks
towdah (Hebrew #8426)
properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
KJV usage: confession, (sacrifice of) praise, thanks(-giving, offering).
Pronounce: to-daw'
Origin: from 3034
in the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
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 I, and the half
chetsiy (Hebrew #2677)
the half or middle
KJV usage: half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
Pronounce: khay-tsee'
Origin: from 2673
of the rulers
cagan (Hebrew #5461)
a prefect of a province
KJV usage: prince, ruler.
Pronounce: saw-gawn'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to superintend
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God,
House,
House of God

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Ministry on This Verse

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Neh. 12:31‑32• 31Hice luego subir á los príncipes de Judá sobre el muro, y puse dos coros grandes que fueron en procesión: el uno á la mano derecha sobre el muro hacia la puerta del Muladar.
 32E iba tras de ellos Osaías, y la mitad de los príncipes de Judá, (Neh. 12:31‑32)
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Sal. 42:4• 4Acordaréme de estas cosas, y derramaré sobre mí mi alma: Cuando pasaré en el número, iré con ellos hasta la casa de Dios, Con voz de alegría y de alabanza, haciendo fiesta la multitud. (Sal. 42:4)
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Sal. 47:6‑9• 6Cantad á Dios, cantad: Cantad á nuestro Rey, cantad.
 7Porque Dios es el Rey de toda la tierra: Cantad con inteligencia.
 8Reinó Dios sobre las gentes: Asentóse Dios sobre su santo trono.
 9Los príncipes de los pueblos se juntaron Al pueblo del Dios de Abraham: Porque de Dios son los escudos de la tierra; El es muy ensalzado. (Sal. 47:6‑9)
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Sal. 134:1‑3• 1Cántico gradual. Mirad, bendecid á Jehová, Vosotros todos los siervos de Jehová, Los que en la casa de Jehová estáis por las noches.
 2Alzad vuestras manos al santuario, Y bendecid á Jehová.
 3Bendígate Jehová desde Sión, El cual ha hecho los cielos y la tierra. (Sal. 134:1‑3)
• It appears as if the two companies, starting at different points, proceeded to make the circuit of the walls until they met. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 12:1-13:3” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulersa with me;

JND Translation Notes

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See Ezra 9.2.