The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
The ſingers. The children of Aſaph, an hundred, fourtie and eight.
אָסָף , proper masculine noun, ʾasaf — "gatherer", the name of several Israelites (value 141)
H623,
אָסָף ʼÂçâph, aw-sawf'; from H622; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first:—Asaph.Asaph = "gatherer"
the father of Hezekiah's secretary
a son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David
a Persian officer over the royal forest
Used in 41 Verses, 7 Books 46  Occurrence Count
אַרְבָּעִים , plural adjective, noun, ʾarbaʿiym — forty (value 323)
H705,
אַרְבָּעִים ʼarbâʻîym, ar-baw-eem'; multiple of H702; forty:—forty.Used in 124 Verses, 21 Books 136  Occurrence Count
בֵּן , masculine noun, beyn — son (value 52)
H1121,
בֵּן bên, bane; from H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.):—afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, × in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, rebel, + robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, + spark, steward, + stranger, × surely, them of, + tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.son, grandson, child, member of a group
son, male child
grandson
children (pl. - male and female)
youth, young men (pl.)
young (of animals)
sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
people (of a nation) (pl.)
of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
a member of a guild, order, class
Used in 3654 Verses, 37 Books 4899  Occurrence Count
מֵאָה , feminine noun, meyʾa — hundred (value 46)
H3967,
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.hundred
as simple number
as part of larger number
as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)
Used in 511 Verses, 25 Books 579  Occurrence Count
שִׁיר , verb, shiyr — to sing (value 510)
H7891,
שִׁיר shîyr, sheer; or (the original form) שׁוּר shûwr; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing:—behold (by mistake for H7789), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).to sing
(Qal)
to sing
singer, songstresses (participle)
(Polel)
to sing
singer, songstress (participle)
(Hophal) to be sung
In
Job 36:24, this word is translated "Behold"; in modern versions, it is translated "Sing". The old translations considered the Hebrew word to be from a different root than
H7788 hence the difference in the translations. (Cf. Gill on
Job 36:24)
Used in 79 Verses, 18 Books 82  Occurrence Count
שְׁמֹנֶה , masculine/feminine noun, shəmoneh — eight (a cardinal number) (value 395)
H8083,
שְׁמֹנֶה shemôneh, shem-o-neh'; or שְׁמוֹנֶה shemôwneh; feminine שְׁמֹנָה shemônâh; or שְׁמוֹנָה shemôwnâh; apparently from H8082 through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth:—eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.eight, eighth
eight (as cardinal number)
eighth (as ordinal number)
in combination with other numbers
Used in 105 Verses, 18 Books 109  Occurrence Count
| Nehemiah 7:44Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים בְּנֵ֣י אָסָ֔ף מֵאָ֖ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ ס |
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| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| The singers: |
H7891shiyr |
שִׁיר |
510 |
| the children |
H1121beyn |
בֵּן |
52 |
| of Asaph, |
H623ʾasaf |
אָסָף |
141 |
| an hundred |
H3967meyʾa |
מֵאָה |
46 |
| forty |
H705ʾarbaʿiym |
אַרְבָּעִים |
323 |
| and eight. |
H8083shəmoneh |
שְׁמֹנֶה |
395 |
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