Nehemiah 10:16

אֲדֹֽנִיָּ֥ה בִגְוַ֖י עָדִֽין
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
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אֲדֹֽנִיָּ֥ה
אֲדֹֽנִיָּ֥ה
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Adonijah")
Dictionary form: אֲדֹנִיָּה · uh-doh-nih-YAW

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: adonijah
adonijah ×15 and adonijah ×5 to adonijah ×2 for adonijah ×1 then adonijah ×1 then doth adonijah ×1 were with adonijah ×1
More options
Adonijah — Standard modern spelling; use in most narrative contexts.
Adoniyah — Closer transliteration; preferred in scholarly or study Bibles.
Adoniyahu — Full Hebrew form; signals high textual fidelity to source.

BDB130 H138

BDB129 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB131

(אֲדֹיִּנָה) אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ proper name, masculine (my Lord is Yahweh, compare Phoenician אדנאשמן, אדנבעל, אדנשמש etc., in Assyrian Aduniba' al SchrKB II, 172)

1. fourth son of David 1Kgs 1:8 + 11 t., 1Kgs 2:13 + 5 t. (= אֲדֹנִיָּה 2Sam 3:4; 1Kgs 1:5; 1Kgs 1:7; 1Kgs 1:18; 1Kgs 2:28; 1Chr 3:2).
2. a Levite 2Chr 17:8.
3. a chief of the people Neh 10:17 (= אֲדֹנִיקָם Neh 7:18; Ezra 2:13 compare Ezra 8:13).

adonijah
ʾădōniyyâ
my lord is Jehovah
Adonijah, the name of three Israelites
  • fourth son of David and Solomon's rival for the throne
    • "Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law"a chief of the people who co-operated with Nehemiah

בִגְוַ֖י
בִגְוַ֖י
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Bigvai")
Dictionary form: בִּגְוַי · biɡ-WAI

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: bigvai
bigvai ×3 of bigvai ×2 also of bigvai ×1
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Bigvai — Standard modern scholarly and biblical translation rendering.
Bigvay — Alternate transliteration reflecting Hebrew vowel more closely.
Bigwai — Older anglicized spelling; some modern versions retain it.

BDB906 H902

BDB905 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB907

בִּגְוַי proper name, masculine (compare Sanskrit bhagavân, happy) ?)

1. a companion of Zerubbabel Ezra 2:2 = Neh 7:7 perhaps = head of a family of returning exiles Ezra 2:14 (בִּגְוָ֑י) = Neh 7:19, compare Ezra 8:14.
2. a chief of the people in Nehemiah's time Neh 10:17 compare SmListen 13.

בִּגְלַל see גלל. p. 164 ff

bigvai
bigway
in my bodies
Bigvai, an Israelite
  • an exile who returned under Zerubbabel, perhaps the head of a family

עָדִֽין
עָדִֽין
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Adin")
Dictionary form: עָדִין · aw-DEEN

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: adin
of adin ×2 adin ×1 also of adin ×1
More options
Adin — Standard modern transliteration; use as proper name.
Adin (clan) — Clarifies referent when context implies a family group.
the Adin family — Readable gloss for narrative or explanatory contexts.
descendants of Adin — Preferred when listing returnees or genealogical rolls.

BDB5829 H5720

BDB5828 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB5830

II. עָדִין

proper name, masculine 1. in ׳בְּנֵי ע, returned exiles Ezra 2:15 = Neh 7:20; Ezra 8:6, ᵐ5. Αδ(δ)ιν, Ηδ(ε)ί, etc.
2. a chief Neh 10:17, ᵐ5. Ηδ(ε)ιν, Αδειν.

adin
ʿādîn
dainty, delicate
Adin, the name of two Israelites
  • ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
    • "a chief among the returned exiles who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

The cantillation accents are the Masoretes' punctuation: each group below ends at a pausing accent. Translate a group as one unit.
אֲדֹֽנִיָּ֥ה בִגְוַ֖י Tipeha — a lesser break עָדִֽין Silluq — end of the verse

אֲדֹֽנִיָּה בִגְוַי עָדִֽין׃
16
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Cross References

Ezra 8:14

וּמִבְּנֵי בִגְוַי עוּתַי ‫(וזבוד)‬ וְזַכּוּר וְעִמּוֹ שִׁבְעִים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃
14
Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

Nehemiah 7:19

בְּנֵי בִגְוָי אַלְפַּיִם שִׁשִּׁים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃
19
The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

Ezra 2:14

בְּנֵי בִגְוָי אַלְפַּיִם חֲמִשִּׁים וְשִׁשָּֽׁה׃
14
The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
Nehemiah 10:15
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