Nehemiah 12:6

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.

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וְיוֹיָרִ֖יב

Yôwyârîyb

H3114

“and · Joiarib”

Conjunction + Noun, Proper

Appears 5× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Ezra 8:16

Full BDB Definition

Origin: a form of H3080

TWOT: None

Joiarib = "Jehovah contends" - the head of the 1st of the 24 courses of priests in David's time - a teacher in the time of Ezra - a Judaite in the time of Nehemiah

About this verse

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3: words
3: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is וְיוֹיָרִ֖יב Joiarib H3114 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וְיוֹיָרִ֖יב Joiarib H3114 occurs in 5 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

3 nouns

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Nehemiah 12:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

1 Chronicles 9:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,
Nehemiah 11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Nehemiah 12:6 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה וְיוֹיָרִ֖יב יְדַֽעְיָֽה

Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.

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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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 12:6 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

(6) And Joiarib.—The “and” begins the list of those who did not seal the covenant. See a like “and” in Neh_12:19.

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

The Pulpit Commentary

And Joiarib. The introduction of the conjunction "and" here, and here only, in this list separates off very markedly the last six names from the first sixteen. A similar division is made in ver. 19. The reason for the division seems to be that these last six courses, though including some of the very highest priestly families, as those of Joiarib and Jedaiah, (1Ch_24:7 Ezr_2:36 Neh_7:39 Neh_11:10) for some reason or other, did not seal to the covenant, whereas the other sixteen courses did so. Jedaiah. The double occurrence of this name (in vers. 6 and 7) would naturally raise a suspicion of corruption; but the two Jedaiahs are confirmed by vers. 19, 21.

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

Discussion questions

The word Yôwyârîyb carries the sense “Joiarib.” How does it shape the verse?
Ezra 8:16 shares the word «Joiarib» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
Reading how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Pulpit Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?