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proper - masculine singular">N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1084.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1084: Bilgai = 'my cheerfulness'<BR> 1) a priest who covenanted with Nehemiah">1084</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1084.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1084 -- Occurrence 1 of 1">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">בִלְגַּ֖י<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vilgai_1084.htm" title="vil·Gai: Bilgai -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">ḇil-gay</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Bilgai</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - proper - masculine singular">N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8098.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8098: Shemaiah = 'heard by Jehovah'<BR> 1) a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah <BR> 2) the Nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet Jeremiah <BR> 3) father of Delaiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah <BR> 4) an inhabitant of Kirjathjearim and father of Urijah, a prophet of the Lord in the time of the prophet Jeremiah <BR> 5) a Judaite, son of Shechaniah, father of Hattush, and descendant of Zerubbabel <BR> 6) a Simeonite, father of Shimri <BR> 7) a Reubenite, son of Joel and father of Gog <BR> 8) a Merarite Levite, son of Hasshub in the time of Nehemiah <BR> 9) a Levite, son of Galal and father of Obadiah <BR> 10) a Levite and head of the family of the sons of Elizaphan who were commissioned to bring the ark to Jerusalem in the time of David <BR> 11) a Levite and scribe, son of Nethaneel in the time of David <BR> 12) a Levite, 1st son of Obed-Edom in the time of David <BR> 13) a Levite, descendant of Jeduthun the singer in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah <BR> 14) a Levite, one of the messengers of Ezra to Iddo <BR> 15) a Levite in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah <BR> 16) a Levite, one of several in charge of distributing the free will offerings brought to God to their Levite brethren in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah <BR> 17) a Levite in the time of king Josiah of Judah <BR> 18) head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra <BR> 19) a priest, of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra <BR> 20) an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra <BR> 21) son of Delaiah, grandson of Mehetabeel, and a false prophet hired by Tobiah and Sanballat to give false guidance to Nehemiah <BR> 22) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah and participated in the dedication of the wall <BR> 23) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel <BR> 24) a leader of the people at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah <BR> 25) grandfather of the priest Zechariah who participated in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah <BR> 26) another of the priests who along with 25 took part in the dedication of the wall in the time of Nehemiah">8098</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8098.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8098 -- Occurrence 28 of 41">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/shemayah_8098.htm" title="she·ma'·Yah;: Shemaiah -- Occurrence 19 of 26.">šə-ma‘-yāh;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">[and] Shemaiah</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - proper - masculine singular">N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 428: 1) these <BR> 1a) used before antecedent <BR> 1b) used following antecedent">428</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 428 -- Occurrence 533 of 746">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אֵ֖לֶּה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/elleh_428.htm" title="'El·leh: These -- Occurrence 226 of 320.">’êl-leh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">These [were]</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Pronoun - common plural">Pro-cp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3548: 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler <BR> 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) <BR> 1b) pagan priests <BR> 1c) priests of Jehovah <BR> 1d) Levitical priests <BR> 1e) Zadokite priests <BR> 1f) Aaronic priests <BR> 1g) the high priest">3548</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3548 -- Occurrence 615 of 750">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/hakkohanim_3548.htm" title="hak·ko·ha·Nim.: the priests -- Occurrence 131 of 182.">hak-kō-hă-nîm.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">the priests</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Article :: Noun - masculine plural">Art | N-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"> </span> </td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">ס<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm" title="sa·Mek">s</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">-</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Punctuation">Punc</a></span></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <br /><br /> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /><div class="vheading2">Hebrew Texts</div><div align="right"><span class="toptext"><a href="//study.interlinearbible.org/nehemiah/10.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 Hebrew Study Bible</a> (<a href="//apostolic.interlinearbible.org/nehemiah/10.htm">Apostolic</a> / <a href="//interlinearbible.org/nehemiah/10.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4590.htm" title="ma·'az·yah: Maaziah -- 4590: two Israelites priests">מַֽעַזְיָ֥ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1084.htm" title="vil·gai: Bilgai -- 1084: an Israelite">בִלְגַּ֖י</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8098.htm" title="she·ma'·yah;: Shemaiah -- 8098: Yah hears,' the name of a number of Isr.">שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/428.htm" title="el·leh: These -- 428: these">אֵ֖לֶּה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3548.htm" title="hak·ko·ha·nim.: the priests -- 3548: priest">הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com" title="s">ס</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/nehemiah/10.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4590.htm" title="Ma'azyah (mah-az-yaw') -- Maaziah">Maaziah</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1084.htm" title="Bilgay (bil-gah'ee) -- Bilgai">Bilgai</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8098.htm" title="Shma'yah (shem-aw-yaw') -- Shemaiah">Shemaiah</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3548.htm" title="kohen (ko-hane') -- chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer">these were the priests</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/nehemiah/10.htm">נחמיה 10:8 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">מַֽעַזְיָ֥ה בִלְגַּ֖י שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑ה אֵ֖לֶּה הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ ס</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/nehemiah/10.htm">נחמיה 10:8 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">מעזיה בלגי שמעיה אלה הכהנים׃ ס</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/nehemiah/10.htm">נחמיה 10:8 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">מעזיה בלגי שמעיה אלה הכהנים׃ ס</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/nehemiah/10.htm">נחמיה 10:8 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">מעזיה בלגי שמעיה אלה הכהנים׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. These were the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these <i>were</i> the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">Bilgai.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/nehemiah/12-5.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Nehemiah 12:5</span> Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,</a></p><p class="hdg">Bilgah. Shemaiah.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/nehemiah/3-29.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Nehemiah 3:29</span> After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/nehemiah/12-6.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Nehemiah 12:6,18,42</span> Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ezra/10-21.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ezra 10:21</span> And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8</a> • <a href="/niv/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/nehemiah/10-8.htm">Nehemiah 10:8 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../nehemiah/10-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 10:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 10:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../nehemiah/10-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 10:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 10:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>