Ezra 2:22

אַנְשֵׁ֥י נְטֹפָ֖ה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְשִׁשָּֽׁה

The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

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2 Samuel 23:28

צַלְמוֹן הָֽאֲחֹחִי מַהְרַי הַנְּטֹֽפָתִֽי׃

Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

Nehemiah 7:26

אַנְשֵׁי בֵֽית-לֶחֶם וּנְטֹפָה מֵאָה שְׁמֹנִים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃

The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.

Jeremiah 40:8

וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל-גְּדַלְיָה הַמִּצְפָּתָה וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן-נְתַנְיָהוּ וְיוֹחָנָן וְיוֹנָתָן בְּנֵֽי-קָרֵחַ וּשְׂרָיָה בֶן-תַּנְחֻמֶת וּבְנֵי׀ ‫(עופי)‬ עֵיפַי הַנְּטֹפָתִי וִֽיזַנְיָהוּ בֶּן-הַמַּעֲכָתִי הֵמָּה וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

1 Chronicles 2:54

בְּנֵי שַׂלְמָא בֵּית לֶחֶם וּנְטוֹפָתִי עַטְרוֹת בֵּית יוֹאָב וַֽחֲצִי הַמָּֽנַחְתִּי הַצָּרְעִֽי׃

The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

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Ezra 2:22

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אַנְשֵׁ֥י נְטֹפָ֖ה Tipeha — a lesser break חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְשִׁשָּֽׁה Silluq — end of the verse

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אַנְשֵׁ֥י

Root word man, men, one, husband, mans, …

Dictionary form: אִישׁ · eesh

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar Ncmpc

Noun — Common, masculine plural, construct state plural — usually add "-s"; "___ of …" — bound to the next word

אַנְשֵׁי

Speech Noun Type Common Gender Masculine Number Plural State Construct

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In the KJV here: the men

man ×241 men ×209 a man ×163 every man ×120 the men ×118 the man ×107 every one ×81 one ×57

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man — Default singular; covers most direct references to an adult male.

person — Gender-neutral; prefer when context stresses individuality over sex.

husband — Use specifically in marriage or household relationship contexts.

someone — Indefinite pronoun; suits partitive or existential constructions.

everyone — Distributive sense; fits 'each/every man' idioms.

fellow — Informal register; good for relational or contemptuous contexts.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB389 H376 H381 H382

אִישׁ₂₁₆₆ noun masculine man ( = vir) (MI, SI, Phoenician אש, perhaps also Sabean אסם compare Prät^l.c, but DHM^{ZMG 1883, 330}) — ׳א absolute Gen 2:23 +; construct Gen 25:27 +; suffix אִישִׁי Gen 29:32 +, etc.; plural אִישִׁים Ps 141:4 + 2 t. (Phoenician אשם); usually אֲנָשִׁים Gen 12:20 +, from √ אנשׁ q. v.; construct אַנְשֵׁי Judg 6:27 +; suffix אֲנָשַׁי 1Sam 23:12 etc.; — man, opposed to woman Gen 2:23; Gen 2:24; Lev 20:27; Num 5:6; Deut 17:2f; Josh 6:21; Josh 8:25; Jer 40:7, emphasis on sexual distinction & relation Gen 19:8; Gen 24:16; Gen 38:25; Exod 22:15; Lev 15:16 (שִׁכְבַת זָרַ֑ע) vLev 15:18 (וְאִשָּׁה ׳זֿ׳אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שׁ) Lev 20:10 f; Num 5:13f; Deut 22:22f; Isa 4:1 +; thence = husband, especially with suffix Gen 3:6; Gen 3:16; Gen 16:3; Gen 29:32; Gen 29:34; Lev 21:7; Num 30:7f; Deut 28:56; Judg 13:8f; Ruth 1:3f; 1Sam 25:19; Jer 29:6; Ezek 16:45 +; figurative of ׳י as husband of Israel אִישִׁי Hos 2:18 (opposed to בַּעְלִּי); man as procreator, father Eccl 6:3 of male child Gen 4:1 compare זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים 1Sam 1:11 man, opposed to beast Exod 11:7; Lev 20:15 (compare אָדָם); compare figurative Ps 22:7 but also of male of animals Gen 7:2 (twice in verse) (אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֺ); man, opposed to God Gen 32:29; Num 23:19 לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב (|| וּבֶןאָֿדָם וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם); Job 9:32; Job 32:13; Hos 11:9 compare Isa 31:8; Job 12:10 (רוּחַ כָּלבְּֿשַׂר אִישׁ); hence in phrases to denote ordinary, customary, common שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים 2Sam 7:14 (|| נִגְעֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם); לֶחֶם אֲנָשִׁים Ezek 24:17; Ezek 24:22 [

**אֲנָשִׁים Ezek 24:17; Ezek 24:22 is textual error; We (apparently Sm) אֲנֻשִׁים; Toy^Hpt אוֺנִים (Hos 9:4).] (compare Isa 8:1); אַמַּתאִֿישׁ Deut 3:11 but also contracted אָדָם Ps 49:3; Ps 62:10 man, as valiant 1Sam 4:9 (twice in verse) (וִהְיוּ לַאֲנָשִׁים) so 1Kgs 2:2 compare 1Sam 26:15 so אִישׁ חַיִל 1Sam 31:12; 2Sam 24:9; 1Kgs 1:42 +; also אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה Num 31:49; Deut 2:14; Deut 2:16; Josh 5:4; Josh 5:6 +; even of ׳י Exod 15:3 יהוה אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה; often prefixed to other nouns in apposition אָדוֺן ׳א Gen 42:30; Gen 42:33, שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט ׳א Exod 2:14, כֹּהֵן ׳א Lev 21:9, סָרִיס ׳א Jer 38:7 particular before adjective, of a people אִישׁ מִצְרִי Gen 39:1; Exod 2:11; Exod 2:19 compare Gen 37:28; Gen 38:1; Gen 38:2; Gen 39:14; 1Sam 17:12; 1Sam 30:11; 1Sam 30:13 +; a man as resident in, or belonging to a place or people Num 25:6; Judg 10:1 + (so Phoenician); usually plural אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל 1Sam 7:11; 1Sam 31:7 (twice in verse) compare Josh 7:4; Josh 7:5 +; also singularcollective Deut 27:14; Josh 9:6; Josh 9:7; Judg 20:11; 1Sam 11:8 (see Dr) +; 2Sam 10:6; 2Sam 10:8 (טוֺב ׳א); (so MI¹⁰; MI¹³); men = retainers, followers, soldiers 1Sam 18:27; 1Sam 23:3 f 1Sam 24:3; 1Sam 25:13 + compare Deut 33:8 singular collective see Di; אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים man of God = prophet Deut 33:1; Josh 14:6; 1Sam 9:6f; 1Kgs 12:13f + (see אלהים); in phrase followed by abstract אִישׁ חַיִל, מִלְחָמָה ׳א see above; שֵׂיבָה ׳א Deut 32:25, הַדָּמִים ׳א 2Sam 16:7 compare see 8, הַבְּלִיַּעַל ׳א 2Sam 16:7, מָוֶת ׳א 1Kgs 2:26, חָמָס ׳א Ps 140:12; Prov 3:31 +; followed by word of occupation, etc. שָׂדֶה׳א Gen 25:27, הָאֲדָמָה׳א Gen 9:20 (compare Zech 13:5), ׳א הַבֵּנַיִם champion 1Sam 17:4 (compare Dr) v1Sam 17:23, בְּשׂרָה ׳א 2Sam 18:20, אִישׁ עֲצָתוֺ his counsellor Isa 40:13, compare אִישׁ חֶרְמִי 1Kgs 20:42, רֵעִים ׳א Prov 18:24 often distributive = each, every Gen 9:5; Gen 10:5; Gen 40:5 (twice in verse); Exod 12:3 +; including women Job 42:11; 1Chr 16:3 וַיְחַלֵּק לְכָלאִֿישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאִישׁ וְעַד אִשָּׁה לְאִישׁ כִּכַּרלֶֿחֶם; of inanimate things 1Kgs 7:30; 1Kgs 7:36 also אִישׁ אִישׁ Exod 36:4; Num 4:19; Num 4:49; Ezek 14:4; Ezek 14:7 +; any one Exod 34:3 (twice in verse); Exod 34:24 +; also אִישׁ אִישׁ Lev 15:2; Lev 22:4; Lev 22:18 +; of gods 2Kgs 18:33 = Isa 36:18 one...another וְהִרְגוּ אִישֿׁ אֶתאָֿחִיו וְאִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ וְאִישׁ אֶתקְֿרֹבוֺExod 32:27, אִישׁ ֗֗֗ אָחִיו Deut 1:16; Mic 7:2 (see אָח), אִישׁרֵ֗֗֗עֵהוּ Gen 11:3; Gen 11:7 + (see רֵעַ) of inanimate things Gen 15:10.

Strong's Definition H376

man, men, one, husband, mans, …

ʾîš

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

man, male (in contrast to woman, female)

Variations 91 forms of this word

Translations 398 English renderings

Man

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נְטֹפָ֖ה

Root word a name — transliterate it ("Of netophah")

Dictionary form: נְטֹפָה · neh-toh-PAW

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar Np

Noun — Proper Name

נְטֹפָה

Speech Noun Type Proper Name

In English

In the KJV here: of netophah

and netophah ×1 of netophah ×1

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Netophah — Standard proper-noun spelling for this Judahite town.

Netophah (a village near Bethlehem) — Use when readers need geographic context.

the town of Netophah — Clarifies settlement type for general audiences.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB5172 H5199

נְטֹפָה proper name, of a location in Judah (dropping, dripping, compare Lewy^{Semitic Fremdwörter 40}); — Ezra 2:22 = Neh 7:26 ᵐ5. Νετωφα, ᵐ5^L Νετωφαγι (as adjective, of a people Neh 12:28).

Strong's Definition H5199

netophah

nĕṭōpâ

dropping

Netophah, a place in Palestine

a town in Judah resettled by the exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel

Variations 2 forms of this word

Translations 2 English renderings

Netaim Netophah

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חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים

Root word fifty, fifties, fiftieth, where

Dictionary form: חֲמִשִּׁים · huh-mish-SHEEM

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar Acbpa

Adjective — Cardinal Number, both plural, absolute state plural — usually add "-s"; a number (one, two, three, …)

חֲמִשִּׁים

Speech Adjective Type Cardinal Number Gender Both Number Plural State Absolute

In English

In the KJV here: fifty

fifty ×55 and fifty ×45 of fifty ×10 was fifty ×5 were fifty ×5 thereof was fifty ×3 with his fifty ×3 him and his fifty ×2

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fifty — Standard cardinal number; suits most contexts.

fiftieth — Ordinal use; for ranking or sequential position.

group of fifty — When referring to a unit or squad of fifty people.

fifty-strong — Emphasizes a contingent or force of fifty.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB2903 H2572

חֲמִשִּׁים₁₆₄ noun plural (a) fifty (Arabic Aramaic , Phoenician חמשם; MI²⁸ חמשן; Assyrian —amšâti Di in Lotz^{TP 80}) — חֲמִשִּׁים Gen 6:15 + 154 t. (including Ezek 40:25; Ezek 40:29; Ezek 40:33, strike out Co) + Ezek 45:12 (so read A Hi Co for חמּשׁה); suffix חֲמִשֶּׁיךָ 2Kgs 1:10; 2Kgs 1:12, חֲמִשָּׁיו 2Kgs 1:9 + 4 t., חֲמִשֵּׁיהֶם 2Kgs 1:14 —

1. absolute
a. a fifty, a company of fifty Exod 18:21; Exod 18:25; Deut 1:15; 1Sam 8:12; 2Kgs 1:9 (twice in verse) + 13 t. 2Kgs 1 (in v2Kgs 1:14 = fifties), Isa 3:3.
b. elsewhere, without noun expressed, (1) without other numeral Num 31:30; Num 31:47; Ezek 27:18 (twice in verse); Hag 2:16 (2) with other number ׳ח preceding Exod 30:23 (twice in verse) + 11 t.; + 1Chr 12:34 Baer, van d. H. v.1Chr 12:33 (followed by אלף); (3) ׳ח following Exod 38:26 + 10 t.; (4) ׳ח between other number Num 1:23 + 23 t.

2. חֲמִשִּׁים without other number:
a. before noun Gen 6:15 + 58 t. + בָּאַמָּה ׳ח Exod 38:12.
b. after noun 2Sam 24:24; Exod 26:11 + 4 t. Chronicles

3. ׳ח before other numbers:
a. followed by noun Gen 7:24 +.
b. preceded by noun 1Chr 5:21.

4. ׳ח after other number, and
a. this after noun 1Chr 8:40; Ezra 8:3; Ezra 8:26.
b. noun repeated e.g. Gen 9:28; Gen 9:29.

5. ׳ח preceded by construct e.g. שָׁנָה ׳בִּשְׁנַת ח 2Kgs 15:23; 2Kgs 15:27; Lev 15:10; Lev 15:11.

6. ׳ח = ordinal, fiftieth Lev 25:10; Lev 25:11; 2Kgs 15:23, compare v2Kgs 15:27.

Strong's Definition H2572

fifty, fifties, fiftieth, where

ḥămiššîm

fifty

fifty

fifty (cardinal number)

Variations 12 forms of this word

Translations 34 English renderings

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וְ שִׁשָּֽׁה

וְ

Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)

שִׁשָּֽׁה

Root word six, sixteen, sixteenth, sixth, threescore

Dictionary form: שֵׁשׁ · shaysh

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar C/Acmsa

Adjective — Cardinal Number, masculine singular, absolute state a number (one, two, three, …)

וְ	Speech Conjunction
שִׁשָּֽׁה	Speech Adjective Type Cardinal Number Gender Masculine Number Singular State Absolute

In English

In the KJV here: and six

six ×77 and six ×59 sixteen ×11 were six ×6 had six ×4 for six ×3 the six ×3 was six ×3

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six — Standard cardinal number; most universally applicable rendering.

sixth — Use when the context calls for an ordinal number.

sixteen — Use when combined with ten in the Hebrew construction.

sixteenth — Ordinal form of sixteen; for dates or sequential positions.

sixty — Use in compound expressions meaning multiples of six (e.g., threescore).

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB8488 H8337

שֵׁשׁ, שִׁשָּׁה₂₁₆ noun masculine and feminine six; —

masculine שֵׁשׁ (c. noun feminine) Gen 31:41 + 120 t.; feminine שִׁשָּׁה (with noun masculine) Gen 30:20 + 39 t.; construct שֵׁ֫שֶׁת Exod 23:12 + 30 t. (6 + 10 = 16 are additional); — six (Hexateuch chiefly P):

1. no other number:
a. before plural noun 75 t.: e.g. שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים Exod 21:2 (E) + 11 t., שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת 1Sam 17:4 + 8 t.; שֵׁשׁ בָּאַמָּה 1Kgs 6:6 שִׁשָּׁה בָּנִים Gen 30:20 (E) + 2 t.; שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים Exod 23:12 (E) + 14 t.; after noun (late) Exod 28:2; Josh 15:59; Josh 15:62 (all P), 1Chr 4:27; 1Chr 26:17; Neh 5:18 rarely noun omitted Lev 24:6 (P) + (distributive 2Sam 21:20 = 1Chr 20:6).
b. = ordinal ׳שְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ לְחִזְק 2Kgs 18:10 (Ges^{«GKC:134o»§ 134o}).

2. 16, c noun feminine: שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, before נָ֑פֶשׁ Gen 46:18 (P), שָׁנָה 2Kgs 13:10 + 9 t., בָּנוֺת 2Chr 13:21 after עָרִים Josh 15:41; Josh 19:22 (P); with noun masculine שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר, before אֲדָנִים Exod 26:25; Exod 36:30 (P), also אֶלֶף, 1000, Num 31:40 + (P); after בָּנִים 1Chr 4:27, etc.; = ordinal 16th 1Chr 24:14; 1Chr 25:23 +, ׳ע ׳יוֺם שׁ 2Chr 29:27.

3. 600 = שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת, Gen 7:6 (P) + 63 t.; 6000 = שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים Num 3:34 (P) + 8 t.; אֶלֶף ׳שׁ Judg 20:15 + 2 t.

4. c. tens, ׳שׁ following Gen 46:26 + 13 t., precedes Num 31:44 (P).

5. ׳שׁ as round number, ׳חָמֵשׁ אוֺשֿׁ 2Kgs 13:19, compare Job 5:19; Prov 6:16.

BDB8647 H8336 H8337

II. שֵׁשׁ noun masculine id.; — ׳עַמּוּדֵי שׁ Song 5:15 (in figurative), Esth 1:6a, material of pavement vEsth 1:6b (see בַּ֫הַט). — I. שֵׁשׁ see שׁדשׁ.

BDB9936 H8337

שׁדת (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew שׁדשׁ, שֵׁשׁ).

Strong's Definition H8337

six, sixteen, sixteenth, sixth, threescore

šēš

six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth

six (cardinal number)

Variations 20 forms of this word

Translations 45 English renderings

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