Nehemiah 12:33

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

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עֶזְרָ֖א

ʻEzrâʼ

H5830

“Ezra”

Noun, Proper

Appears 22× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Ezra 7:1

Full BDB Definition

Origin: a variation of H5833

TWOT: None

Ezra = "help" - the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah - a priest with Zerubbabel - another post-exilic Jew

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 עֶזְרָ֖א Ezra H5830 — appearing just 22 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

עֶזְרָ֖א Ezra H5830 occurs in 22 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

3 nouns

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Nehemiah 12:33 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Nehemiah 10:2–7 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Nehemiah 12:33 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַעֲזַרְיָ֥ה עֶזְרָ֖א וּמְשֻׁלָּֽם

and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

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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 12:33 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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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(33) Ezra.—Probably the same as the Azariah preceding.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

33. Azariah, Ezra] From a comparison of Neh_12:1; Neh_12:13 with Neh_10:2, we might suppose that these were the names of the same priestly house.

Meshullam] Cf. Neh_10:8.

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 his brethren,.... The brethren of Zechariah, the priest's son, and such are those that follow:

Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; which were invented by him, and ordered by him to be used in religious service, under the divine direction:

and Ezra the scribe before them; for he being a priest also, and a man of great eminence, was placed at the head of them in this procession.

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Ezra; not the scribe, as is evident from Neh 12:36, but another Ezra.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Vers. 33, 34. Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam. Next to the "princes" came two priestly families those of Azariah (or Ezra) and Meshullam; (Neh_10:2, Neh_10:7) then Judah and Benjamin, or certain lay people of those tribes; after them two other priestly families those of Shemaiah and Jeremiah. (Neh_10:2, 8 12:1, 6)

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 ʻEzrâʼ (“Ezra”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “Ezra” (ʻEzrâʼ) shape what this verse is saying?
Ezra 7:1 shares the word «Ezra» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
Reading how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?