Nehemiah 11:12

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Nehemiah 11:12 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and their brothers, who were doing the work for the house, were 822; and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah;

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    and their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    and their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And their brethren that did the worke in the Temple, were eight hundreth, twenty and two: and Adaiah, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Pelaliah, the sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Zechariah, the sonne of Pashur, the sonne of Malchiah:
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And their brethren that do the works of the temple: eight hundred twenty- two. And Adaia the son of Jeroham, the son of Phelelia, the son of Amsi, the son of Zacharias, the son of Pheshur, the son of Melchias,
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and their brethren doing the work of the house `are' eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchiah,
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and their brothers doing the work of the house [are] eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchiah,
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    and their associates who did the work for the house, 822 men, along with Adaiah son of Jeroham son of Pelaliah son of Amzi son of Zechariah son of Pashhur son of Malchijah.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and their brothers, who were doing the work for the house, were 822; and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah;
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And their brethren that performed the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and their fellow priests who served at the Temple, a total of 822; Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah,
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    and their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

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פְּלַלְיָה֙
Pᵉlalyâh
H6421
“Pelaliah”
Noun, Proper
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Proper
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6419 and H3050

TWOT: None

Pelaliah = "Jehovah has judged" - son of Amzi and ancestor of Adaiah the priest in the time of Nehemiah
  1. וַאֲחֵיהֶ֗ם ʼâch H251 “and · brothers · their” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  2. עֹשֵׂ֤י ʻâsâh H6213 “doing” Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  3. הַמְּלָאכָה֙ mᵉlâʼkâh H4399 “the · work” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  4. לַבַּ֔יִת bayith H1004 “to/for the · house” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  5. שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה shᵉmôneh H8083 “eight” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  6. מֵא֖וֹת mêʼâh H3967 “hundred” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  7. עֶשְׂרִ֣ים ʻesrîym H6242 “twenty” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  8. וּשְׁנָ֑יִם shᵉnayim H8147 “and · two” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Dual, Absolute
  9. וַ֠עֲדָיָה ʻĂdâyâh H5718 “and · Adaiah” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  10. בֶּן bên H1121 “son of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  11. יְרֹחָ֤ם Yᵉrôchâm H3395 “Jeroham” Noun, Proper
  12. בֶּן bên H1121 “son of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  13. בֶּן bên H1121 “son of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  14. אַמְצִ֣י ʼAmtsîy H557 “Amzi” Noun, Proper
  15. בֶן bên H1121 “son of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  16. זְכַרְיָ֔ה Zᵉkaryâh H2148 “Zechariah” Noun, Proper
  17. בֶּן bên H1121 “son of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  18. פַּשְׁח֖וּר Pashchûwr H6583 “Pashur” Noun, Proper
  19. בֶּן bên H1121 “son of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  20. מַלְכִּיָּֽה Malkîyâh H4441 “Malchijah” Noun, Proper

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21
words
16
distinct lemmas
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section

Notable vocabulary

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

  • פְּלַלְיָה֙ Pelaliah H6421

First appearance in Scripture

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

  • פְּלַלְיָה֙ Pelaliah H6421

Shared distinctive vocabulary

אַמְצִ֣י Amzi H557 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 1 verb
  • 16 nouns
  • 4 adjectives

Verb forms

  • עֹשֵׂ֤י Qal · Participle Active

Repetition

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

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Nehemiah 11:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:12–13 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Nehemiah 11:12 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַאֲחֵיהֶ֗ם עֹשֵׂ֤י הַמְּלָאכָה֙ לַבַּ֔יִת שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וּשְׁנָ֑יִם וַ֠עֲדָיָה בֶּן יְרֹחָ֤ם בֶּן פְּלַלְיָה֙ בֶּן אַמְצִ֣י בֶן זְכַרְיָ֔ה בֶּן פַּשְׁח֖וּר בֶּן מַלְכִּיָּֽה

and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

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Greek LXX Structure differs

The Septuagint has no separate book of Nehemiah. Its Greek text is the second half of Esdras B (2 Esdras), chapters 11–23; Ezra is the first half (1–10).

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Commentary

Notes on Nehemiah 11:12 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

Neh 11:12 And their brethren that did the work of the house [were] eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

Ver. 12-24.] In all 1192. The total of priests and Levites 1476, and of Judah and Benjamin 1396. So that there were more priests and Levites than of the lay people; which argues their zeal to be greatest. There were also 172 porters, who were all Levites.

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.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

That served and ministered in the Temple.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

12. eight hundred twenty and two] These numbers are not given in 1 Chron.

Adaiah] A fuller genealogy is given for this name than in 1Ch_9:12.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites,.... Along with Shemaiah; these had

the oversight of the outward business of the house of God: who had the care of the repairs of the temple, and of getting in the wood for the altar, as Jarchi, and collecting the third part of the shekel, to purchase things with for the use of the temple.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

Their brethren that did the work of the house. The priests of ordinary rank, who divided originally into twenty-four, but now apparently into twenty-two, courses (Neh_12:2-7) had the care of the temple service in turn, amounted to the large number of (822+242+ 128 ) 1192 persons, of whom between fifty and sixty would be employed in some work connected with the service at one time. (The parallel passage of Chronicles raises the total to 1760.)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

And their brethren who performed the work of the Temple and their colleagues, who were performing the service of the Temple and its sacrifices.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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Nehemiah, in the Historical, opens this verse with 21 words (16 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Pᵉlalyâh (“Pelaliah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word Pᵉlalyâh carries the sense “Pelaliah.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. This verse holds 1 word here found nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible. What might the rare word draw attention to?
  3. The word “Pelaliah” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:46 shares the word «Amzi» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  5. “son” occurs 6× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  6. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  7. The verb «עֹשֵׂ֤י» is Qal Participle Active. How does its form color the action?
  8. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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.
  • These translations choose different wording for 16 words in this verse.
  • “son” occurs 6× in this single verse.
  • 16 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 21 words in this verse.

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