Ezra 8:11
in Ezra 8from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty and eight males.
KJV
And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
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This verse in Ezra 8
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
and with him two hundred males
on Ezra 8:4-14
Eleven houses follow, each with its own count, from two hundred males under Elihoenai to fifty under Ebed, laymen numbered the way a company is mustered before it moves. The same family names, Pahathmoab, Shechaniah, Adin, Elam, appear in the earlier list of Ezra 2 and again in Nehemiah 7, and the readings on why the two censuses differ in their numerals are named without a verdict, either copyist transmission of numerals or two separate stages of one register. Shechaniah's name covers two different houses in this one chapter, a reminder that a family name in this era marks a clan rather than a single father. Set beside the priests and the house of David already named, the laymen counted here total near fifteen hundred, a company large enough to need its own muster before it can move.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִבְּנֵ֣י | umibenei | and of [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בֵבַ֔י | vevai | Bebai | H893 → | 6 times |
| זְכַרְיָ֖ה | zekharyah | Zechariah | H2148 → | 43 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בֵּבָ֑י | bevai | Bebai | H893 → | 6 times |
| וְעִמּ֕וֹ | veimo | and with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | [were] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וּשְׁמֹנָ֖ה | ushemonah | and eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ ס | hazekharim | the males | H2145 → | 82 times |
וּמִבְּנֵ֣יand of [the] descendants of
umibeneiH1121 →4930 times
בֵבַ֔יBebai
vevaiH893 →6 times
זְכַרְיָ֖הZechariah
zekharyahH2148 →43 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
בֵּבָ֑יBebai
bevaiH893 →6 times
וְעִמּ֕וֹand with him
veimoH5973 →1050 times
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים[were] twenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וּשְׁמֹנָ֖הand eight
ushemonahH8083 →109 times
הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ סthe males
hazekharimH2145 →82 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezra 10:28From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 7:16
the descendants of Bebai, 628;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezra 2:11
the descendants of Bebai, 623;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 7:16
Through
Ezra 2:11the descendants of Bebai, 623;
it leads to
- Ezra 10:28
From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
- Ezra 10:28
About Ezra
This page draws on Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and W. F. Adeney, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Expositor's Bible).