Ezra 2:40
"The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

The Levites,.... Singers and porters, who are reckoned in this, and the two following verses, whose numbers were no more than three hundred and forty one; whereas, in the times

of David, they were 38,000, Ch1 23:3 .

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (8 words)

H3881 לֵוִיִּי
Definition:

1; —l.singular of individual,׳אִישׁ לJudges 19:1a certain Levite; predicate׳וְהוּא לJudges 17:1and he was a Levite, soJudges 17:9; with article׳הַלּas substantivethe LeviteExodus 4:11(J),Judges 17:10, 1; —l.singular of individual,׳אִישׁ לJudges 19:1a certain Levite; predicate׳וְהוּא לJudges 17:1and he was a Levite, soJudges 17:9; with article׳הַלּas substantivethe LeviteExodus 4:11(J),Judges 17:10,

H1121 בֵּן
Definition:

25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16 25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16

Possible Meanings:
  • son (semantic_range)
  • son (semantic_range)
  • children (semantic_range)
  • youth (semantic_range)
  • young men (semantic_range)
H3442 יֵשׁוּעַ
Definition:

ForYhowshuwa'; he will save; Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine -- Jeshua.see HEBREWYhowshuwa'NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originthe same asYehoshua, q.v.Brown-Driver-B ForYhowshuwa'; he will save; Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine -- Jeshua.see HEBREWYhowshuwa'NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originthe same asYehoshua, q.v.Brown-Driver-B

H6934 קַדְמִיאֵל
Definition:

40=Nehemiah 7:43;Ezra 3:9;Nehemiah 9:4,5;Nehemiah 10:10;Nehemiah 12:8,24.קָדְקֹדsee II.קדד.Topical LexiconBiblical OccurrencesKadmiel is named eight times in the Old Testament (Ezra 2:40;Ezra 3:9;Nehe 40=Nehemiah 7:43;Ezra 3:9;Nehemiah 9:4,5;Nehemiah 10:10;Nehemiah 12:8,24.קָדְקֹדsee II.קדד.Topical LexiconBiblical OccurrencesKadmiel is named eight times in the Old Testament (Ezra 2:40;Ezra 3:9;Nehe

Possible Meanings:
  • Ēl is the ancient one (semantic_range)
H1121 בֵּן
Definition:

25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16 25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16

Possible Meanings:
  • son (semantic_range)
  • son (semantic_range)
  • children (semantic_range)
  • youth (semantic_range)
  • young men (semantic_range)
H1938 הוֹדַוְיָה
Definition:

24– A chief of the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan during the reigns of the early monarchs.2.1 Chronicles 9:7– An ancestor within the tribe of Benjamin whose descendants resettled Jerusalem 24– A chief of the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan during the reigns of the early monarchs.2.1 Chronicles 9:7– An ancestor within the tribe of Benjamin whose descendants resettled Jerusalem

H7657 שִׁבְעִים
Definition:

—seventy(often as round number, compare KöHast DB NUMBER, 568 a):1without other number:a.before singular noun yearGenesis 5:1212t., manJudges 9:2;Numbers 11:257t., shekelNumbers 7:1311t., other n. 5 t —seventy(often as round number, compare KöHast DB NUMBER, 568 a):1without other number:a.before singular noun yearGenesis 5:1212t., manJudges 9:2;Numbers 11:257t., shekelNumbers 7:1311t., other n. 5 t

H0702 אַרְבַּע
Definition:

: Aramaicאַרְבַּע,אַרְבְּעָה,,; Nabataeanארבע, Palmyreneארבע,ארבעא, Lzb367); —masculine148(c.noun feminine)אַרְבַּע(absolute or construct)Exodus 21:37+; alsoאַרְבַּ֑עLeviticus 11:20+; note (Baer Gi)Jo : Aramaicאַרְבַּע,אַרְבְּעָה,,; Nabataeanארבע, Palmyreneארבע,ארבעא, Lzb367); —masculine148(c.noun feminine)אַרְבַּע(absolute or construct)Exodus 21:37+; alsoאַרְבַּ֑עLeviticus 11:20+; note (Baer Gi)Jo

Possible Meanings:
  • four (semantic_range)

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