Nehemiah 10:20

מַגְפִּיעָ֥שׁ מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם חֵזִֽיר
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
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מַגְפִּיעָ֥שׁ
מַגְפִּיעָ֥שׁ
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Magpiash")
Dictionary form: מַגְפִּיעָשׁ · mahɡ-pee-OHSH

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: magpiash
magpiash ×1
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Magpiash — Standard modern spelling of this proper name.
Magpias — Shorter variant spelling found in some modern translations.
Magpiash (Moth-killer) — Use when footnoting the name's possible etymological meaning.

BDB4507 H4047

BDB4506 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB4508

מַגְפִּיעָשׁ proper name, masculine a chief of the people, Neh 10:21, ᵐ5 Βαγαφης, A Μαιαφης, ᵐ5L Μεγαιας.

magpiash
magpîʿoš
moth-killer
Magpiash, an Israelite
  • one of the chiefs of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם
מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Meshullam")
Dictionary form: מְשֻׁלָּם · meh-shool-LAWM

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: meshullam
meshullam ×9 and meshullam ×7 of meshullam ×7 and for meshullam ×1 matter and meshullam ×1
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Meshullam — Standard modern spelling of this personal name.
Meshullam ("repaid" / "rewarded") — Use when the name's meaning is being highlighted.
Meshullam ("the one at peace") — Reflects alternate etymology; use in theological contexts.

BDB8745 H7967 H4918 H8018 H4920

BDB8744 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB8746

שַׁלּוּם (less often שַׁלֻּם) proper name, masculine Σελ(λ)ουμ, Σαλ(λ)ουμ, Σελλημ, etc.; —

1. king of Northern Israel 2Kgs 15:10; 2Kgs 15:13; 2Kgs 15:14; 2Kgs 15:15.
2. son of Josiah, and king of Judah Jer 22:11; 1Chr 3:15 = יְהוֺאָחָז 1.
3. husband of Huldah 2Kgs 22:14 = 2Chr 34:22, B ᵐ5L Σελλημ, A ‐λουμ.
4. uncle of Jeremiah Jer 32:7.
5. in Simeon 1Chr 4:25.
6. in Jerahmeel 1Chr 2:40; 1Chr 2:41.
7. in Ephraim 2Chr 28:12.
8. in Naphtali 1Chr 7:13.
9. father of a threshold-keeper Jer 35:4.
10. wall-builder Neh 3:12.
11. priests 1Chr 5:38; 1Chr 5:39; Ezra 7:2 (ancestor of Ezra, perhaps = מְשֻׁלָּם 7 a).
12. Levites:
  a. 1Chr 9:17 (twice in verse), perhaps = v1Chr 9:19 v1Chr 9:31, and Ezra 2:42 || Neh 7:45 ( = שֶׁלֶמְיָה 2, מְשֻׁלָּם 8 c, (מְשֶׁלֶמְיָה(וּׅ).
  b. Ezra 10:24.
13. vEzra 10:42. below

BDB8747 H4918 H7967

BDB8746 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB8748

מְשֻׁלָּם proper name, masculine Μεσουλαμ, Μοσολλαμ, etc.:

1. grandfather of Shaphan 2Kgs 22:3.
2. son of Zerubbabel 1Chr 3:19.
3. in Benjamin:
  a. 1Chr 8:17, perhaps =
  b. 1Chr 9:7.
  c. v1Chr 9:8.
  d. Neh 11:7.
4. in Gad 1Chr 5:13.
5. wall-builders:
  a. Neh 3:4; Neh 3:30.
  b. Neh 3:6.
6. a chief Neh 10:21.
7. priests (distinctions in part obscure):
  a. 1Chr 9:11; Neh 11:11; Neh 12:13 (perhaps = שַׁלּוּם 11).
  b. 1Chr 9:12.
  c. Neh 10:8.
  d. Neh 12:6.
  e. vNeh 12:33.
8. Levites:
  a. 2Chr 34:12.
  b. Ezra 8:16; Ezra 10:15; Neh 8:14.
  c. Neh 12:25 ( = שַׁלּוּם 12 a).
9. Ezra 10:29. above

meshullam
mĕšullām
friend
Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites
  • grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe
    • "son of Zerubbabel"a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal"a Benjamite, father of Sallu"a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity"a Benjamite
    • perhaps the same as 3 or 4
    a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah"son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem"son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem"a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah"father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah 11a) perhaps the same as 'Shallum'"a priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth, son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai"a priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah"a priest, head of the family of Ginnethon and representative of the house of Ezra in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua"a priest, one of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem"a Kohathite or family of Kohathite Levites in the reign of Josiah"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"ancestor of a family of porters or Levites in days of Nehemiah"a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife and put her away"one of the men who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people 20a) maybe the same as 17

חֵזִֽיר
חֵזִֽיר
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Hezir")
Dictionary form: חֵזִיר · hay-DZEER

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: hezir
hezir ×1 to hezir ×1
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Hezir — Standard transliteration; use as a proper name.
Khezir — Reflects guttural ח more closely for academic texts.
Hezir (a personal/priestly name) — Clarifying gloss helpful in non-specialist contexts.

BDB2692 H2387

BDB2691 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB2693

חֵזִיר proper name, masculine (compare inscription in RA1867, plural 7, DrSm xxiii; NöZMG 1886, 162 'pointing — ֵ֯ to avoid offence;' but NbrAcad. 1887, Dec. 17 compare Talmud & ᵑ7 (חַזּוּרָא, חֵיזוּר, חֲזוּרָא etc.) pomegranate (and apple; Syriac , ), compare בְּנֵי רִמּוֺן 2Sam 4:2; 2Sam 4:5; 2Sam 4:9) —

1. a priest of 17th course (assigned to David's time) 1Chr 24:15 ᵐ5 Χηξειν (16th, v1Chr 24:14), but A Ιεξειρ, ᵐ5L Χηξειρ.
2. one of those sealed Neh 10:21 ᵐ5 Ηξειρ, ᵐ5L Αξηρ.

hezir
ḥēzîr
swine
Chezir, the name of two Israelites
  • a priest in the time of David, leader of the 17th monthly course
    • "one of the heads of the people who sealed 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.
מַגְפִּיעָ֥שׁ מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם Tipeha — a lesser break חֵזִֽיר Silluq — end of the verse

מַגְפִּיעָשׁ מְשֻׁלָּם חֵזִֽיר׃
20
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
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