Nehemiah 7:15

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.

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בִנּ֔וּי

Binnûwy

H1131

“Binnui”

Noun, Proper

Appears 7× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Ezra 8:33

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H1129

TWOT: None

Binnui = "built up" - an exile returnee with Zerubbabel, son of Henadad, who assisted at the reparation of the wall of Jerusalem, under Nehemiah - a Levite in time of Ezra, father of Noadiah - another Levite in time of Ezra, who took a foreign wife - still another Levite in time of Ezra, who took a foreign wife

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 →

6: words
6: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is בִנּ֔וּי Binnui H1131 — appearing just 7 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

בִנּ֔וּי Binnui H1131 occurs in 7 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 nouns
4 adjectives

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Nehemiah 7:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Ezra 2:10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Nehemiah 7:15 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

בְּנֵ֣י בִנּ֔וּי שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה

The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.

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 7:15 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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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

15. Binnui] = Bani in Ezra: cf. Neh_10:14; 1Es_5:12.

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.

The Pulpit Commentary

Binnui. Ezra has "Bani," which receives confirmation from Neh_10:14 and RAPC 1Est_5:12.

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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Connecting Statement:

Nehemiah is continuing to recount the number of people who returned from exile. (See: Numbers)

Binnui ... Bebai ... Azgad ... Adonikam

These are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)

translationWords

descend

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Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

Nehemiah, in the Historical, opens this verse with 6 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Binnûwy (“Binnui”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word Binnûwy carries the sense “Binnui.” How does it shape the verse?
Ezra 8:33 shares the word «Binnui» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
Reading how The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and The Pulpit Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
6 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.