Ezra 2:41
"The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight."

Commentary

Matthew Henry Concise

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Summary

Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honourable or profitable.

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Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honourable or profitable. Those who have

no evidence that they are, by the new birth, spiritual priests unto God, through Jesus Christ, have no right to the comforts and privileges of Christians. |

Source: Matthew Henry Concise (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H7891 שַׁיר
Definition:

1;Imperfect3masculine singularיָשִׁירExodus 15:1;Numbers 21:17(readיָשִׁרJob 33:27forיָשִׁר, √II.שׁוּר, so SS Bu Gerber; in this sense also Ew De Di RV and all modern); 3 feminine singularוַתָּ֫שַׁרJu 1;Imperfect3masculine singularיָשִׁירExodus 15:1;Numbers 21:17(readיָשִׁרJob 33:27forיָשִׁר, √II.שׁוּר, so SS Bu Gerber; in this sense also Ew De Di RV and all modern); 3 feminine singularוַתָּ֫שַׁרJu

Possible Meanings:
  • be sung (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)
H0623 אָסָף
Definition:

18,37 =Isaiah 36:3,22.2one of David's chief musicians, a Levite, son of Berechiah1 Chronicles 6:24(twice in verse) (""הֵימָןv.1 Chronicles 6:18,אֵיתָןv.1 Chronicles 6:29 see these names);1 Chronicles 18,37 =Isaiah 36:3,22.2one of David's chief musicians, a Levite, son of Berechiah1 Chronicles 6:24(twice in verse) (""הֵימָןv.1 Chronicles 6:18,אֵיתָןv.1 Chronicles 6:29 see these names);1 Chronicles

Possible Meanings:
  • store (semantic_range)
H3967 מֵאָה
Definition:

3144t.; constructמְאַתGenesis 5:330t. (onמְאַתEcclesiastes 8:12see2dbelow); plural absoluteמֵאוֺתGenesis 5:9324t. (מֵאֹתonlyGenesis 5:4,30);המאיותKt2 Kings 11:43t.2 Kings 11; dualמָאתַיִם(תָ֑יִם-)Gene 3144t.; constructמְאַתGenesis 5:330t. (onמְאַתEcclesiastes 8:12see2dbelow); plural absoluteמֵאוֺתGenesis 5:9324t. (מֵאֹתonlyGenesis 5:4,30);המאיותKt2 Kings 11:43t.2 Kings 11; dualמָאתַיִם(תָ֑יִם-)Gene

Possible Meanings:
  • hundred (semantic_range)
H6242 עֶשְׂרִים
Definition:

1without other number:a.usually followed by singular noun (especiallyשָׁנָה,אִישׁ,אַמָּה, etc.)Genesis 31:38;1 Samuel 14:14;Exodus 38:1864t., +עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף20,0001 Chronicles 18:47t. +Ezekiel 45:1(r 1without other number:a.usually followed by singular noun (especiallyשָׁנָה,אִישׁ,אַמָּה, etc.)Genesis 31:38;1 Samuel 14:14;Exodus 38:1864t., +עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף20,0001 Chronicles 18:47t. +Ezekiel 45:1(r

Possible Meanings:
  • twenty (semantic_range)
H8083 שְׁמֹנֶה
Definition:

8+ 40:t.;feminine(c.noun masculine) absoluteשְׁמֹנָה1 Samuel 17:1234t., constructשְׁמֹנַתNumbers 2:243t. (cases of 8 1018are additional, see below); pluralשְׁמֹנִים, 80, see below: —1without other num 8+ 40:t.;feminine(c.noun masculine) absoluteשְׁמֹנָה1 Samuel 17:1234t., constructשְׁמֹנַתNumbers 2:243t. (cases of 8 1018are additional, see below); pluralשְׁמֹנִים, 80, see below: —1without other num

Possible Meanings:
  • eight (semantic_range)

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