King James Version

Nehemiah 12:28

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

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וַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּvayeasefvand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…בְּנֵ֖יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, 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, […הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֑יםhamshorerimthe singשִׁירdefinite article, verb, polel, participle, absolute — “the sing”, a verb used as a describing wordH7891to singbehold (by mistake for H7789 (שׁוּר)), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).וּמִןuminand fromמִןconjunction, preposition — “and from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַכִּכָּר֙hakikarthe loafכִּכָּרdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the loaf”, the ordinary formH3603a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin)loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.סְבִיב֣וֹתsevivotaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םyerushalimJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםnoun, proper name — “Jerusalem”H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineJerusalem.וּמִןuminand fromמִןconjunction, preposition — “and from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.חַצְרֵ֖יchatsrecourtחָצֵרnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “court”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)court, tower, village.נְטֹפָתִֽיnetofatiNetophathiteנְטֹפָתִיnoun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “Netophathite”, the ordinary formH5200a Netophathite, or inhabitant of NetophahNetophathite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the Plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

Young’s Literal Translation

and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,

World English Bible

The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;

Darby Translation

And the children of the singers were assembled, both from the plain [of Jordan] round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,

Douay-Rheims

And the sons of the singing men were gathered together out of the plain country about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of Nethuphati,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)