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Nehemiah 11:14

And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.

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וַאֲחֵיהֶם֙vaacheyhemand brother ; kindredאָחconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and brother ; kindred”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.גִּבּ֣וֹרֵיgiborechampionגִּבּוֹרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “champion”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1368powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrantchampion, chief, [idiom] excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.חַ֔יִלchayilarmyחַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “army”, the ordinary formH2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strengthable, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).מֵאָ֖הmeahhundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.עֶשְׂרִ֣יםesrimtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).וּשְׁמֹנָ֑הushemonahand eightשְׁמֹנֶהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “and eight”, the ordinary formH8083a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eightheight(-een, -eenth), eighth.וּפָקִ֣ידufaqidand which had the chargeפָּקִידconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and which had the charge”, the ordinary formH6496a superintendent (civil, military or religious)which had the charge, governor, office, overseer, (that) was set.עֲלֵיהֶ֔םaleyhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…זַבְדִּיאֵ֖לzavdielZabdielזַבְדִּיאֵלnoun, proper name — “Zabdiel”H2068gift of God; zabdiel, the name of two IsraelitesZabdiel.בֶּןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […הַגְּדוֹלִֽיםhagdolimthe greatגָּדוֹלdefinite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “the great”, the ordinary formH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred twenty and eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

Young’s Literal Translation

and their brethren, mighty of valour, a hundred twenty and eight; and an inspector over them [is] Zabdiel, son of [one of] the great men.

World English Bible

and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

Darby Translation

and their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred and twenty-eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Gedolim.

Douay-Rheims

And their brethren who were very mighty, a hundred twenty-eight: and their ruler Zabdiel son of the mighty.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)