גְּמַלִּ֕ים אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה חֲמֹרִ֕ים שֵׁ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת וְעֶשְׂרִֽים
Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
World English Bible · Public Domain
Nehemiah 7:68
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Nehemiah 7:68 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
Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
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World English Bible Public Domain
Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
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King James Version Public Domain
Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The horses were 736. The mules were 245.
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
Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
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King James Version Public Domain
Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Their horses were seuen hundreth and sixe and thirtie, and their mules two hundreth and fiue and fourtie.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
Their horses, seven hundred thirty- six: their mules two hundred forty-five:
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
Their horses `are' seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred `and' forty and five;
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Their horses [are] seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred [and] forty-five;
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Their horses were 736 in number, their mules, 245,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The horses were 736. The mules were 245.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
Their horses, seven hundred and thirty six: their mules, two hundred and forty five:
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
They had seven hundred and thirty-six horses, two hundred and forty-five transport beasts;
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
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גְּמַלִּ֕ים
gâmâl
H1581
“camels”
Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
- Appears 55× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Genesis 12:16
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Type
- Common
- Gender
- Masculine
- Number
- Plural
- State
- Absolute
Full BDB Definition
camel
- as property, as beast of burden, for riding, forbidden for food
- גְּמַלִּ֕ים gâmâl H1581 “camels” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
- אַרְבַּ֥ע ʼarbaʻ H702 “four” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
- מֵא֖וֹת mêʼâh H3967 “hundred” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
- שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים shᵉlôwshîym H7970 “thirty” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
- וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה châmêsh H2568 “and · five” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- חֲמֹרִ֕ים chămôwr H2543 “donkeys” Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute
- שֵׁ֣שֶׁת shêsh H8337 “six” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Construct
- אֲלָפִ֔ים ʼeleph H505 “thousand” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
- שְׁבַ֥ע shebaʻ H7651 “seven” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
- מֵא֖וֹת mêʼâh H3967 “hundred” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
- וְעֶשְׂרִֽים ʻesrîym H6242 “and · twenty” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
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 →
- 11
- words
- 10
- distinct lemmas
- Historical
- section
Cross-references
1Topical passages linked to Nehemiah 7:68 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Ezra 2:66–67 Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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).
A verse-for-verse comparison isn’t shown here because the chapters and verses don’t line up. Switch to the LXX edition with the MT / LXX toggle above to read the Greek directly.
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 →
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 11 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is gâmâl (“camel”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “camel” (gâmâl) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- Genesis 12:16 shares the word «camel» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “hundred” occurs 2× 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 The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and Adam Clarke's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 11 words in this verse.
- “hundred” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 10 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 11 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Nehemiah 7:68 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.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
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
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.