Nehemiah 12:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.”

Nehemiah 12:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 12:2511 words

HebrewMeaning

מַתַּנְיָ֧הmatanəyāh

MattaniahnounH4983

וּ/בַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֛הwbaqəbuqəyāh

BakbukiahconjH1229

עֹבַדְיָ֥הʿōbadəyāh

ObadiahnounH5662

מְשֻׁלָּ֖םməšulām

MeshullamnounH4918

טַלְמ֣וֹןṭaləmwōn

TalmonnounH2929

עַקּ֑וּבʿaqwb

AkkubnounH6126

שֹׁמְרִ֤יםšōməriym

bewardverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

שֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙šwōʿăriym

doorkeepernounH7778

porter

מִשְׁמָ֔רmišəmār

diligencenounH4929

guard · office · prison · ward ···

בַּ/אֲסֻפֵּ֖יbaʾăsupēy

thresholdpronH624

Asuppim

הַ/שְּׁעָרִֽיםhašəʿāriym

cityparticleH8179

door · gate · port

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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