Nehemiah 12:20

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Nehemiah 12:20 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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Nehemiah 12:20 (World English Bible). Public Domain. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool, https://lemma.gebible.app/v/nehemiah/12/20.

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of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
World English Bible · Public Domain
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  • 1 hapax legomenon — only here in the Hebrew Bible
  • 1 first appearance in the Hebrew Bible
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
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    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Vnder Sallai, Kallai, vnder Amok, Eber,
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Of Sellai, Celai: of Amoc, Heber:
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Kallai was the leader of Sallu, Eber was the leader of Amok,
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

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4
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Notable vocabulary

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

  • קַלָּ֖י Kallai H7040

First appearance in Scripture

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

  • קַלָּ֖י Kallai H7040

Shared distinctive vocabulary

לְעָמ֥וֹק Amok H5987 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 4 nouns
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Nehemiah 12:20 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

לְסַלַּ֥י קַלָּ֖י לְעָמ֥וֹק עֵֽבֶר

of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

World English Bible · Public Domain

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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Nehemiah, in the Historical, opens this verse with 4 words (4 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Qallay (“Kallai”). Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “Kallai” (Qallay) shape what this verse is saying?
  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 “Kallai” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
  4. Nehemiah 12:7 shares the word «Amok» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?

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.
  • 4 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 4 words in this verse.

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