Ezra 8:12

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males.

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Highlights

1 hapax legomenon — only here in the Hebrew Bible
1 first appearance in the Hebrew Bible

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הַקָּטָ֑ן

Qâṭân

H6997

“the · small”

Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Proper

Appears 1× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears here

Full BDB Definition

Origin: the same as H6996

TWOT: None

Hakkatan = "the small" - father of Johanan, the chief of the Bene-Azgad who returned from exile with Ezra

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

9: words
8: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

1 hapax legomenon — a word that appears only here in the entire Hebrew Bible:

הַקָּטָ֑ן small H6997

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

הַקָּטָ֑ן small H6997

Shared distinctive vocabulary

עַזְגָּ֔ד Azgad H5803 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

6 nouns
2 adjectives
1 preposition

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

וּמִבְּנֵ֣י son H1121 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 17 words from the Hebrew and 19 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 9 Hebrew tokens and 14 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Ezra 8:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Ezra 2:12 The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
Nehemiah 7:17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Ezra 8:12 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּמִבְּנֵ֣י עַזְגָּ֔ד יוֹחָנָ֖ן בֶּן הַקָּטָ֑ן וְעִמּ֕וֹ מֵאָ֥ה וַעֲשָׂרָ֖ה הַזְּכָרִֽים

Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Ezra 8:12 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἀπό υἱός ασγαδ ιωαναν υἱός ακαταν καί μετά αὐτός ἑκατόν δέκα ὁ ἀρσενικός

And of the sons of Asgad; Joanan the son of Accatan, and with him one hundred and ten males.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

In the Septuagint this is one book — Esdras B (2 Esdras): Ezra is chapters 1–10, Nehemiah 11–23.

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on Ezra 8:12 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Ezr 8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

Ver. 12. And the sons of Azgad] See Ezr 8:9.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

General Information:

This is the end of the list of men's names. (See: How to Translate Names)

Of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan

This is the next item in the list. It can be written with the verb "was." AT: "The leader of the descendants of Azgad was Johanan son of Hakkatan" or "Johanan son of Hakkatan was the leader of the descendants of Azgad"

with him were listed 110 males

"with Johanan were listed 110 males"

110 males

"one hundred and ten males" (See: Numbers)

Those of the descendants of Adonikam

The word "those" refers to the leaders. AT: "The leaders of the descendants of Adonikam"

Azgad

See how you translated this man's name in Esra 2:12.

Adonikam

See how you translated this man's name in Esra 2:13.

Bigvai

See how you translated this man's name in Esra 2:2.

sixty ... seventy

"60 ... 70" (See: Numbers)

translationWords

descend

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Lesson kit

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Ezra, in the Historical, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Qâṭân (“small”). Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “small” (Qâṭân) shape what this verse is saying?
1 word here appears nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Why might the author reach for such rare wording?
This is the first place “small” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
How does Ezra 2:12, which shares the word «Azgad», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “son” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and unfoldingWord translationNotes read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.
1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
This verse counts 9 Hebrew ↔ 14 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 4 words in this verse.
“son” occurs 2× in this single verse.