Nehemiah 11:21

← Nehemiah 11:20	Nehemiah 11:21 (KJV)	Nehemiah 11:22 →
And the residue of Israel, of the priests, [and] the Levites, [were] in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.	But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa [were] over the Nethinims.	The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem [was] Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers [were] over the business of the house of God.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But the Nethinims^H5411 dwelt^H3427 in Ophel^H6077: and Ziha^H6727 and Gispa^H1658 were over the Nethinims^H5411.

Original Hebrew

וְהַנְּתִינִים יֹשְׁבִים בָּעֹפֶל וְצִיחָא וְגִשְׁפָּא עַל־הַנְּתִינִים׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/הַ/נְּתִינִ֖ים	ve./ha./ne.ti.Nim	H5411	HC/Td/Ncmpa	and/ the/ temple servants
יֹשְׁבִ֣ים	yo.she.Vim	H3427	HVqrmpa	(were) dwelling
בָּ/עֹ֑פֶל	ba./'O.fel	H6077	HRd/Np	on (the)/ Ophel
וְ/צִיחָ֥א	ve./tzi.Cha'	H6727	HC/Np	and/ Ziha
וְ/גִשְׁפָּ֖א	ve./gish.Pa'	H1658	HC/Np	and/ Gishpa
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	(were) over
הַ/נְּתִינִֽים	ha./ne.ti.Nim	H5411	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ temple servants

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1658 — גִּשְׁפָּא (Gishpâʼ, ghish-paw'): of uncertain derivation; Gishpa, an Israelite; Gispa.
H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
H5411 — נָתִין (Nâthîyn, naw-theen'): or נָתוּן (Ezra 8:17), (the proper form as passive participle), from נָתַן; one given, i.e. (in the plural only); the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty); Nethinims.
H6077 — עֹפֶל (ʻÔphel, o'-fel): the same as עֹפֶל; Ophel, a ridge in Jerusalem; Ophel.
H6727 — צִיחָא (Tsîychâʼ, tsee-khaw'): or צִחָא; as if feminine of צִחֶה; drought; Tsicha, the name of two Nethinim; Ziha.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (1): 1 Chronicles 9:2

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