וּבְצִֽקְלַ֥ג וּבִמְכֹנָ֖ה וּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns of it,
World English Bible · Public Domain
Nehemiah 11:28
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Nehemiah 11:28 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.
English Translation
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns of it,
Highlights
- 1 hapax legomenon — only here in the Hebrew Bible
- 1 first appearance in the Hebrew Bible
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
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Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns of it,
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King James Version Public Domain
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and in Ziklag; and Mekonah and its daughters;
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns of it,
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;
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King James Version Public Domain
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof,
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof;
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And in Ziklag, and in Mechonah, and in the villages thereof,
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And at Siceleg, and at Mochona, and in the villages thereof,
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and in Ziklag, and in Mekonah and in its small towns,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and in Ziklag, and in Mekonah and in its small towns,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Some of the people of Judah lived in Ziklag, Mekonah and its villages,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and in Ziklag; and Mekonah and its daughters;
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Darby Bible Public Domain
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its dependent villages;
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in its villages,
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
in Ziklag, in Mekonah and its settlements,
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its daughter-towns,
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof;
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וּבִמְכֹנָ֖ה
Mᵉkônâh
H4368
“and · in/at · Mekonah”
Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Proper
- Appears 1× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Conjunction + Preposition + Noun
- Type
- Proper
Full BDB Definition
Mekonah = "foundation"
- one of the towns which were reinhabited after the return from exile
- וּבְצִֽקְלַ֥ג Tsiqlag H6860 “and · in/at · Ziklag” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Proper
- וּבִמְכֹנָ֖ה Mᵉkônâh H4368 “and · in/at · Mekonah” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Proper
- וּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ bath H1323 “and · in/at · daughters · her” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
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 →
- 3
- words
- 3
- distinct lemmas
- Historical
- section
Notable vocabulary
1 hapax legomenon — a word that appears only here in the entire Hebrew Bible:
- וּבִמְכֹנָ֖ה Mekonah H4368
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:
- וּבִמְכֹנָ֖ה Mekonah H4368
Shared distinctive vocabulary
וּבְצִֽקְלַ֥ג Ziklag H6860 occurs in 12 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 3 nouns
Cross-references
2Topical passages linked to Nehemiah 11:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day.
- Joshua 15:31 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
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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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from a public-domain English Septuagint. How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Nehemiah, in the Historical, opens this verse with 3 words (3 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Mᵉkônâh (“Mekonah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word Mᵉkônâh carries the sense “Mekonah.” How does it shape the verse?
- 1 word here appears nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Why might the author reach for such rare wording?
- This is the first place “Mekonah” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
- How does Joshua 15:31, which shares the word «Ziklag», read alongside this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Compare how Adam Clarke's Commentary and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 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.
- These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
- 3 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 3 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Nehemiah 11:28 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.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
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.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.