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Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular :: third person feminine singular">Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs | 3fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/461.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 461: Eliezer = 'God is help'<BR> 1) Abraham's Damascene servant <BR> 2) a son of Moses <BR> 3) a Benjamite <BR> 4) a priest who helped move the ark <BR> 5) a Reubenite <BR> 6) a prophet who spoke to Jehoshaphat <BR> 7) a Levite chief <BR> 8) son of Harim <BR> 9) priest with foreign wife">461</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_461.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 461 -- Occurrence 11 of 14">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לֶאֱלִיעֶ֡זֶר<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/leeliezer_461.htm" title="le·'e·li·'E·zer: Eliezer -- Occurrence 3 of 3.">le-’ĕ-lî-‘e-zer</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">for Eliezer</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/740.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 740: Ariel = 'lion of God' or 'lioness of God'<BR> 1) a name applied to Jerusalem <BR> 2) the name of a chief of the returning exiles">740</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_740.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 740 -- Occurrence 1 of 6">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לַאֲרִיאֵ֡ל<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/laariel_740.htm" title="la·'a·ri·'El: Ariel -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">la-’ă-rî-’êl</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Ariel</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Prep-l | 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 23 of 41">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לִֽ֠שְׁמַעְיָה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/lishmayah_8098.htm" title="Lish·ma'·yah: Shemaiah -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">liš-ma‘-yāh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Shemaiah</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/494.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 494: Elnathan = 'God has given'<BR> 1) king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather <BR> 2) three chief men in Ezra's time <BR> 3) son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim">494</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_494.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 494 -- Occurrence 2 of 7">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/uleelnatan_494.htm" title="u·le·'el·na·Tan: Elnathan -- Occurrence 1 of 3.">ū-lə-’el-nā-ṯān</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and Elnathan</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Conj-w, Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3402.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3402: Jarib = 'he contends'<BR> 1) a son of Simeon <BR> 2) one of the chief men of Israel who returned from exile with Ezra <BR> 3) son of Jozadak and a priest of the house of Jeshua who married a foreign wife and was compelled by Ezra to put her away">3402</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3402.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3402 -- Occurrence 2 of 3">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וּלְיָרִ֜יב<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/uleyariv_3402.htm" title="u·le·ya·Riv: Jarib -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">ū-lə-yā-rîḇ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and Jarib</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Conj-w, Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/494.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 494: Elnathan = 'God has given'<BR> 1) king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather <BR> 2) three chief men in Ezra's time <BR> 3) son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim">494</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_494.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 494 -- Occurrence 3 of 7">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ן<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/uleelnatan_494.htm" title="u·le·'el·na·Tan: Elnathan -- Occurrence 2 of 3.">ū-lə-’el-nā-ṯān</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and Elnathan</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Conj-w, Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5416.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5416: Nathan = 'giver'<BR> 1) a son of David by Bathsheba <BR> 2) the eminent prophet in the time of David and Solomon <BR> 3) a man of Zobah, father of one of David's mighty warriors <BR> 4) father of Azariah who was over the officers of Solomon <BR> 5) son of Attai and father of Zabad of the tribe of Judah <BR> 6) brother of Joel of the tribe of Judah <BR> 7) one of the head men who returned from Babylon with Ezra <BR> 8) a man with a foreign wife in the time of Ezra <BR> 9) head of a family of Israel who shall mourn when they look on Him whom they pierced">5416</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5416.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5416 -- Occurrence 39 of 42">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וּלְנָתָ֛ן<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ulenatan_5416.htm" title="u·le·na·Tan: Nathan -- Occurrence 2 of 2.">ū-lə-nā-ṯān</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and Nathan</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Conj-w, Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2148.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2148: Zechariah = 'Jehovah remembers'<BR> 1) 11th in order of the minor prophets; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel <BR> 2) king of Israel, son of Jeroboam II <BR> 3) son of Meshelemiah of Shelemiah, a Korhite, and keeper of the north gate of the tabernacle of the congregation <BR> 4) one of the sons of Jehiel <BR> 5) a Levite of the second order in the temple band in the time of David <BR> 6) one of the princes of Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat <BR> 7) son of the high priest Jehoiada, in the reign of Joash king of Judah, who was stoned in the court of the temple <BR> 8) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Josiah <BR> 9) the leader of the sons of Pharosh who returned with Ezra <BR> 10) son of Bebai <BR> 11) one of the chiefs of the people whom Ezra summoned in council at the river Ahava; stood at Ezra's left hand when Ezra expounded the law to the people <BR> 12) one of the family of Elam who had married a foreign wife after the captivity <BR> 13) ancestor of Athaiah or Uthai <BR> 14) a Shilonite, descendant of Perez, grandfather of Athaiah <BR> 15) a priest, son of Pashur <BR> 16) the representative of the priestly family of Iddo in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua; possibly the same as 1 above <BR> 17) one of the priests, son of Jonathan, who blew with the trumpets at the dedication of the city wall by Ezra and Nehemiah <BR> 18) a chief of the Reubenites at the time of the captivity by Tiglath-pileser <BR> 19) one of the priests who accompanied the ark from the house of Obed-edom <BR> 20) son of Isshiah of Jesiah, a Kohathite Levite descended from Uzziel <BR> 21) 4th son of Hosah, of the children of Merari <BR> 22) a Manassite, father of Iddo <BR> 23) father of Jahaziel. He prophesied in the spirit <BR> 24) one of the sons of Jehoshaphat <BR> 25) a prophet in the reign of Uzziah, who appears to have acted as the king's counsellor, but of whom nothing is known <BR> 26) father of Abijah or Abi, Hezekiah's mother <BR> 27) one of the family of Asaph in the reign of Hezekiah <BR> 28) one of the rulers of the temple in the reign of Josiah <BR> 29) son of Jeberechiah who was taken by the prophet Isaiah as one of the 'faithful witnesses to record' when he wrote concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz">2148</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2148.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2148 -- Occurrence 30 of 43">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְלִזְכַרְיָ֥ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/velizcharyah_2148.htm" title="ve·liz·char·Yah: Zechariah -- Occurrence 2 of 2.">wə-liz-ḵar-yāh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and Zechariah</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Conj-w, Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4918.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4918: Meshullam = 'friend'<BR> 1) grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe <BR> 2) son of Zerubbabel <BR> 3) a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal <BR> 4) a Benjamite, father of Sallu <BR> 5) a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity <BR> 6) a Benjamite <BR> 6a) perhaps the same as 3 or 4 <BR> 7) a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah <BR> 8) son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem <BR> 9) son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem <BR> 10) a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah <BR> 11) father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah <BR> 11a) perhaps the same as 'Shallum' <BR> 12) a priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth, son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai <BR> 13) a priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah <BR> 14) a priest, head of the family of Ginnethon and representative of the house of Ezra in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua <BR> 15) a priest, one of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem <BR> 16) a Kohathite or family of Kohathite Levites in the reign of Josiah <BR> 17) a Levite, one of the heads sent to Iddo to gather the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem; a chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had made with foreign wives <BR> 18) ancestor of a family of porters or Levites in days of Nehemiah <BR> 19) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife and put her away <BR> 20) one of the men who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people <BR> 20a) maybe the same as 17">4918</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4918.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4918 -- Occurrence 10 of 25">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְלִמְשֻׁלָּ֖ם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/velimshullam_4918.htm" title="ve·lim·shul·Lam: and Meshullam -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">wə-lim-šul-lām</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and Meshullam</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Conj-w, Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning <BR> 1a) head (of man, animals) <BR> 1b) top, tip (of mountain) <BR> 1c) height (of stars) <BR> 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) <BR> 1e) head, front, beginning <BR> 1f) chief, choicest, best <BR> 1g) head, division, company, band <BR> 1h) sum">7218</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7218 -- Occurrence 386 of 599">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">רָאשִׁ֑ים<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/rashim_7218.htm" title="ra·Shim;: leading -- Occurrence 17 of 19.">rā-šîm;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">leaders</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine plural">N-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3114.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3114: Joiarib = 'Jehovah contends'<BR> 1) the head of the 1st of the 24 courses of priests in David's time <BR> 2) a teacher in the time of Ezra <BR> 3) a Judaite in the time of Nehemiah">3114</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3114.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3114 -- Occurrence 1 of 5">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וּלְיוֹיָרִ֥יב<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/uleyoyariv_3114.htm" title="u·le·yo·ya·Riv: Joiarib -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">ū-lə-yō-w-yā-rîḇ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and for Joiarib</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Conj-w, Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/494.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 494: Elnathan = 'God has given'<BR> 1) king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather <BR> 2) three chief men in Ezra's time <BR> 3) son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim">494</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_494.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 494 -- Occurrence 4 of 7">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ן<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/uleelnatan_494.htm" title="u·le·'el·na·Tan: and Elnathan -- Occurrence 3 of 3.">ū-lə-’el-nā-ṯān</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and Elnathan</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Conj-w, Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 995: 1) to discern, understand, consider <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to perceive, discern <BR> 1a2) to understand, know (with the mind) <BR> 1a3) to observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider <BR> 1a4) to have discernment, insight, understanding <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be discerning, intelligent, discreet, have understanding <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) <BR> 1c1) to understand <BR> 1c2) to cause to understand, give understanding, teach <BR> 1d) (Hithpolel) to show oneself discerning or attentive, consider diligently <BR> 1e) (Polel) to teach, instruct <BR> 2) (TWOT) prudent, regard">995</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 995 -- Occurrence 25 of 169">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מְבִינִֽים׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mevinim_995.htm" title="me·vi·Nim: teachers -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">mə-ḇî-nîm</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">men of understanding</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural">V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp</a></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 = 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</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/ezra/8.htm">Ezra 8:16 Hebrew Study Bible</a> (<a href="//apostolic.interlinearbible.org/ezra/8.htm">Apostolic</a> / <a href="//interlinearbible.org/ezra/8.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7971.htm" title="va·'esh·le·chah: sent -- 7971: to send">וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֡ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/461.htm" title="le·'e·li·'e·zer: Eliezer -- 461: God is help,' the name of several Israelites, also of a Damascene">לֶאֱלִיעֶ֡זֶר</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/740.htm" title="la·'a·ri·'el: Ariel -- 740: lioness of El,' a symbolic name for Jer.">לַאֲרִיאֵ֡ל</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8098.htm" title="lish·ma'·yah: Shemaiah -- 8098: Yah hears,' the name of a number of Isr.">לִֽ֠שְׁמַעְיָה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/494.htm" title="u·le·'el·na·tan: Elnathan -- 494: God has given,' the name of several Israelites">וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3402.htm" title="u·le·ya·riv: Jarib -- 3402: He contends,' an Israelite name">וּלְיָרִ֜יב</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/494.htm" title="u·le·'el·na·tan: Elnathan -- 494: God has given,' the name of several Israelites">וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ן</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5416.htm" title="u·le·na·tan: Nathan -- 5416: the name of a number of Isr.">וּלְנָתָ֛ן</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2148.htm" title="ve·liz·char·yah: Zechariah -- 2148: the name of a number of Isr.">וְלִזְכַרְיָ֥ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4918.htm" title="ve·lim·shul·lam: and Meshullam -- 4918: the name of a number of Isr.">וְלִמְשֻׁלָּ֖ם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7218.htm" title="ra·shim;: leading -- 7218: head">רָאשִׁ֑ים</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3114.htm" title="u·le·yo·v·ya·riv: Joiarib -- 3114: Joiarib ">וּלְיֹויָרִ֥יב</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/494.htm" title="u·le·'el·na·tan: and Elnathan -- 494: God has given,' the name of several Israelites">וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ן</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/995.htm" title="me·vi·nim.: teachers -- 995: to discern">מְבִינִֽים</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/ezra/8.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7971.htm" title="shalach (shaw-lakh') -- X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake">Then sent</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/461.htm" title="Eliy'ezer (el-ee-eh'-zer) -- Eliezer">I for Eliezer</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/740.htm" title="'Ari'el (ar-ee-ale') -- Ariel">for Ariel</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8098.htm" title="Shma'yah (shem-aw-yaw') -- Shemaiah">for Shemaiah</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/494.htm" title="'Elnathan (el-naw-thawn') -- Elnathan">and for Elnathan</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3402.htm" title="Yariyb (yaw-rebe') -- Jarib">and for Jarib</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/494.htm" title="'Elnathan (el-naw-thawn') -- Elnathan">and for Elnathan</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5416.htm" title="Nathan (naw-thawn') -- Nathan">and for Nathan</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2148.htm" title="Zkaryah (zek-ar-yaw') -- Zachariah, Zechariah">and for Zechariah</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4918.htm" title="Mshullam (mesh-ool-lawm') -- Meshullam">and for Meshullam</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7218.htm" title="ro'sh (roshe) -- band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man)">chief men</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3114.htm" title="Yowyariyb (yo-yaw-reeb') -- Joiarib">also for Joiarib</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/494.htm" title="'Elnathan (el-naw-thawn') -- Elnathan">and for Elnathan</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/995.htm" title="biyn (bene) -- attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct">men of understanding</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/ezra/8.htm">עזרא 8:16 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֡ה לֶאֱלִיעֶ֡זֶר לַאֲרִיאֵ֡ל לִֽ֠שְׁמַעְיָה וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן וּלְיָרִ֜יב וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ן וּלְנָתָ֛ן וְלִזְכַרְיָ֥ה וְלִמְשֻׁלָּ֖ם רָאשִׁ֑ים וּלְיֹויָרִ֥יב וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ן מְבִינִֽים ׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/ezra/8.htm">עזרא 8:16 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">ואשלחה לאליעזר לאריאל לשמעיה ולאלנתן וליריב ולאלנתן ולנתן ולזכריה ולמשלם ראשים וליויריב ולאלנתן מבינים ׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/ezra/8.htm">עזרא 8:16 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">ואשלחה לאליעזר לאריאל לשמעיה ולאלנתן וליריב ולאלנתן ולנתן ולזכריה ולמשלם ראשים וליויריב ולאלנתן מבינים ׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/ezra/8.htm">עזרא 8:16 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">ואשלחה לאליעזר לאריאל לשמעיה ולאלנתן וליריב ולאלנתן ולנתן ולזכריה ולמשלם ראשים וליויריב ולאלנתן מבינים׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/ezra/8-16.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezra/8.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, teachers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezra/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezra/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">Shemaiah</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ezra/8-13.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ezra 8:13</span> And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, …</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><p class="hdg">Nathan</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ezra/10-39.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ezra 10:39</span> And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ezra/10-11.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ezra 10:11</span> Now therefore make confession to the LORD God of your fathers, and …</a></p><p class="hdg">chief men</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ezra/8-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ezra 8:1</span> These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy …</a></p><p class="hdg">men of understanding</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ezra/8-18.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ezra 8:18</span> And by the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of understanding, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-11.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">1 Kings 3:11</span> And God said to him, Because you have asked this thing, and have …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-32.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">1 Chronicles 12:32</span> And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-14.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">1 Chronicles 26:14</span> And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/2-12.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">2 Chronicles 2:12</span> Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/2-6.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 2:6</span> For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/20-5.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 20:5</span> Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-2.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 28:2</span> For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/daniel/2-21.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Daniel 2:21</span> And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings, and sets …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-7.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">2 Timothy 2:7</span> Consider what I say; and the Lord give you understanding in all things.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/1_john/5-20.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">1 John 5:20</span> And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us an understanding, …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16</a> • <a href="/niv/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/ezra/8-16.htm">Ezra 8:16 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezra/8-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezra 8:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezra 8:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezra/8-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezra 8:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezra 8:17" /></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>