Nehemiah 11:32

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

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עֲנָֽנְיָֽה

ʻĂnanyâh

H6055

“Ananiah”

Noun, Proper

Appears 2× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Nehemiah 3:23

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6049 and H3050

TWOT: None

Ananiah = "Jehovah clouds" - ancestor of Azariah who assisted in rebuilding the city wall in the time of Nehemiah (noun proper masculine) - a city northwest of Jerusalem to which some Benjamite exiles returned (noun proper locative)

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

The rarest word here is עֲנָֽנְיָֽה Ananiah H6055 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

עֲנָֽנְיָֽה Ananiah H6055 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Nehemiah 3:23

Grammatical profile

3 nouns

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Nehemiah 11:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Joshua 21:18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
1 Samuel 21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
Isaiah 10:30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
1 Samuel 22:19 Nob, the city of the priests, struck he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
Nehemiah 7:27 The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
Isaiah 10:32 This very day shall he halt at Nob: he shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

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Hebrew Nehemiah 11:32 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

עֲנָת֥וֹת נֹ֖ב עֲנָֽנְיָֽה

at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

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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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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 →

Commentary

Notes on Nehemiah 11:32 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 32. Ananiah] No city of this name is known.

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

32. Anathoth] See on Ezr_2:23.

Nob] Cf. 1Sa_22:11.

Ananiah] Only mentioned here. It has been by some identified with ‘beit-Hannina,’ a village two miles N. of Jerusalem.

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

Anathoth was on the road from Geba to Jerusalem, (Isa_10:30) and was a Levitical city. (Jos_21:18) Nob was still nearer to the capital, which could be seen from it. (Isa_10:32) It was famous for the massacre of the priests by Doeg. (1Sa_22:18, 1Sa_22:19) Ananiah is mentioned only in this place.

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

Lesson kit

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Nehemiah, in the Historical, opens this verse with 3 words (3 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻĂnanyâh (“Ananiah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word ʻĂnanyâh carries the sense “Ananiah.” How does it shape the verse?
Nehemiah 3:23 shares the word «Ananiah» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
Reading how Adam Clarke's Commentary and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?