בְּנֵי יַעְלָ֥א בְנֵי דַרְק֖וֹן בְּנֵ֥י גִדֵּֽל
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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Nehemiah 7:58
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Nehemiah 7:58 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.
English Translation
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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World English Bible Public Domain
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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King James Version Public Domain
The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
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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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,
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King James Version Public Domain
The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel;
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
The sonnes of Iaala, the sonnes of Darkon, the sonnes of Giddel,
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
The children of Jahala, the children of Darcon, the children of Jeddel,
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
sons of Jaala, sons of Darkon, sons of Giddel,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
sons of Jaala, sons of Darkon, sons of Giddel,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
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Darby Bible Public Domain
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
the children of Jala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel;
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יַעְלָ֥א
Yaʻălâʼ
H3279
“Jaala”
Noun, Proper
- Appears 2× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Ezra 2:56
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Type
- Proper
Full BDB Definition
Jaala or Jaalah = "ascending"
- the head of a family of the descendants of Solomon's slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
- בְּנֵי bên H1121 “sons of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
- יַעְלָ֥א Yaʻălâʼ H3279 “Jaala” Noun, Proper
- בְנֵי bên H1121 “sons of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
- דַרְק֖וֹן Darqôwn H1874 “Darkon” Noun, Proper
- בְּנֵ֥י bên H1121 “sons of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
- גִדֵּֽל Giddêl H1435 “Giddel” Noun, Proper
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
- 4
- distinct lemmas
- Historical
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is יַעְלָ֥א Jaala H3279 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
יַעְלָ֥א Jaala H3279 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 6 nouns
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
- בְּנֵי son H1121 ×3
Cross-references
1Topical passages linked to Nehemiah 7:58 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Ezra 2:56 the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
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 →
Lesson kit
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Nehemiah, in the Historical, opens this verse with 6 words (4 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Yaʻălâʼ (“Jaala”). Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- How does “Jaala” (Yaʻălâʼ) shape what this verse is saying?
- How does Ezra 2:56, which shares the word «Jaala», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “son” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 2 words in this verse.
- “son” occurs 3× in this single verse.
- 4 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.