Nehemiah 12:35

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;

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מִ֣יכָיָ֔ה

Mîykâyâh

H4320

“Micah”

Noun, Proper

Appears 4× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at 2 Kings 22:12

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H4310 and (the prefix derivative from) H3588 and H3050

TWOT: None

Micah or Michaiah = "who is like God" - the 6th in order of the minor prophets; a native of Moresheth, he prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah, and was contemporary with the prophets Hosea, Amos, and Isaiah - father of Achbor, a man of high station in the reign of Josiah - one of the priests at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem

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 →

16: words
10: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is מִ֣יכָיָ֔ה Micah H4320 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מִ֣יכָיָ֔ה Micah H4320 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

16 nouns

Repetition

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

וּמִבְּנֵ֥י son H1121 ×7

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Nehemiah 12:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 10:2–10 Make you two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shall you make them: and you shall use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.
Joshua 6:4 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
1 Chronicles 6:39–43 His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
1 Chronicles 25:2 of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.
1 Chronicles 26:10–11 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),
2 Chronicles 5:12 also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)
2 Chronicles 13:12 Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don't you fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.
Nehemiah 11:17 and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Nehemiah 12:35 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּמִבְּנֵ֥י הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים בַּחֲצֹצְר֑וֹת זְכַרְיָ֨ה בֶן יֽוֹנָתָ֜ן בֶּן שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗ה בֶּן מַתַּנְיָה֙ בֶּן מִ֣יכָיָ֔ה בֶּן זַכּ֖וּר בֶּן אָסָֽף

and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;

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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 12:35 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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Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

12:35 Long, slender, metal trumpets were played for festive, joyous occasions (1 Chr 13:8; 15:23; 16:6, 42; Ezra 3:10) by the descendants of Asaph.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

35. certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets] Apparently a special company following the heads of the priestly houses, and preceding the conclusion of the procession which consisted of the trained musicians. Their names have apparently for brevity’s sake been omitted; they were undoubtedly recorded like the names of the priestly trumpeters in the other procession (Neh_12:41).

namely, Zechariah] R.V. omits namely. Zechariah, of the family of Mattaniah, seems to have led the house of Asaph. His company was quite distinct from that of the young trumpeters. This was the company of singers corresponding to that in Neh_12:42.

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 the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them,.... On the left hand, on the northern part of the wall:

and I after them; Nehemiah, he brought up the rear of his company, as Ezra led the van of his:

and the half of the people upon the wall; the chief of them, for all could not walk upon it:

from beyond the tower of the furnaces; where they baked their bread, or their bricks, see Neh 3:11,

even unto the broad wall; where the wall was broader than common, for some reason or another, see Neh 3:8.

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

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Esdras, mentioned [in] ver. 33, was the chief personage, at the head of this company. (Haydock)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The Pulpit Commentary

Certain of the priests" sons with trumpets. Compare ver. 41. A body of priests, who blew trumpets, accompanied each procession, following closely upon the "princes," and followed by a body of Levites. Namely, Zechariah. There is nothing corresponding to "namely" in the original; and it is clear that Zechariah was not a "priest"s son," but a Levite, since he was descended from Asaph. Probably a vau conjunctive has fallen out before his name.

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 16 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Mîykâyâh (“Micah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Micah” (Mîykâyâh) contribute to the verse as a whole?
2 Kings 22:12 shares the word «Micah» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“son” occurs 7× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Reading how Tyndale Open Study Notes and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
“son” occurs 7× in this single verse.
10 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 16 words in this verse.