Nehemiah 12:42

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Nehemiah 12:42 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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and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malkijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the ones who sang made themselves heard, with Jezrahiah the overseer.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Vzzi, and Iehohanan, and Malchiiah, and Elam, and Ezer: and the singers sang loude, hauing Izrahiah which was the ouerseer.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And they sacrificed on that day great sacrifices, and they rejoiced: for God had made them joyful with great joy: their wives also and their children rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer, and the singers made themselves heard and Jezrahiah was their leader.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malkijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the ones who sang made themselves heard, with Jezrahiah the overseer.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud; and Jizrahiah was their overseer.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Then came the singers Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer, and the choirs sang, directed by Jezrahiah.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

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וְיִֽזְרַחְיָ֖ה
Yizrachyâh
H3156
“and · Izrahiah”
Conjunction + Noun, Proper
Part of Speech
Conjunction + Noun
Type
Proper
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H2224 and H3050

TWOT: None

Izrahiah or Jezrahiah = "Jehovah will shine" - a chieftain of Issachar - a Levite and leader of the chorus at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah
  1. וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨ה Maʻăsêyâh H4641 “and · Maaseiah” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  2. וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜ה Shᵉmaʻyâh H8098 “and · Shemaiah” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  3. וְאֶלְעָזָ֧ר ʼElʻâzâr H499 “and · Eleazar” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  4. וְעֻזִּ֛י ʻUzzîy H5813 “and · Uzzi” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  5. וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֥ן Yᵉhôwchânân H3076 “and · Jehohanan” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  6. וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖ה Malkîyâh H4441 “and · Malchijah” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  7. וְעֵילָ֣ם ʻÊylâm H5867 “and · Elam” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  8. וָעָ֑זֶר ʻÊzer H5829 “and · Ezer” Conjunction + Noun, Proper
  9. וַיַּשְׁמִ֨יעוּ֙ shâmaʻ H8085 “and · to hear” Conjunction + Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  10. הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים shîyr H7891 “the · singing” Particle, Definite Article + Verb, Polel, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  11. הַפָּקִֽיד pâqîyd H6496 “the · officer” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

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12
words
12
distinct lemmas
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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is וְיִֽזְרַחְיָ֖ה Izrahiah H3156 — appearing just 3 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וְיִֽזְרַחְיָ֖ה Izrahiah H3156 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 10 nouns

Verb forms

  • וַיַּשְׁמִ֨יעוּ֙ Hiphil · Sequential Imperfect
  • הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים Polel · Participle Active

Cross-references

6

Topical passages linked to Nehemiah 12:42 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Psalms 81:1 Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
  • Nehemiah 11:14 and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
  • Psalms 95:1 Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
  • Psalms 98:4–9 Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
  • Psalms 100:1–2 Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!
  • Isaiah 12:5–6 Sing to Yahweh, for he has done excellent things! Let this be known in all the earth!

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Nehemiah 12:42 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֨ה וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜ה וְאֶלְעָזָ֧ר וְעֻזִּ֛י וִֽיהוֹחָנָ֥ן וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖ה וְעֵילָ֣ם וָעָ֑זֶר וַיַּשְׁמִ֨יעוּ֙ הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים וְיִֽזְרַחְיָ֖ה הַפָּקִֽיד

and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

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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On this verse, The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

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 12:42 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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Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Hebrew, caused to hear.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

42. And Maaseiah] The divisions or courses of the Levitical musicians, eight in number, corresponding to what we find in Neh_12:35-36.

the singers sang loud] Lit. ‘caused to hear,’ cf. 1Ch_15:19. The LXX. ἠκούσθησαν. Vulg. ‘clare cecinerunt.’

Jezrahiah their overseer] Jezrahiah as leader of the musicians corresponds to Zechariah in the other company (Neh_12:35).

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 both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of their purification,.... The singers kept their turns in course in the temple, and were not wanting to officiate on all occasions, besides morning and evening services; and the porters they diligently kept the gates of the temple, that no impure person or thing in a ceremonial sense entered:

according to the commandment of David, and Solomon his son; who made very good rules and orders relative to the better and more regular performance of service by them; see Ch1 25:1.

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

Great. Numerous, or victims of a large size, oxen, &c.

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

And Maaseiah, etc. It may be suspected that these are Levitical names, and correspond to the nine Levites mentioned as accompanying Ezra in vers. 35, 36. The chief difference seems to have been that Ezra"s Levites played on instruments, while Nehemiah"s were "singers."

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

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Nehemiah, in the Historical, opens this verse with 12 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Yizrachyâh (“Izrahiah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “Izrahiah” (Yizrachyâh) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:3 shares the word «Izrahiah» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  4. The verb «וַיַּשְׁמִ֨יעוּ֙» is Hiphil Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  5. Reading how Geneva Bible (1599) and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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