King James Version

Nehemiah 7:44

The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.

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הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑יםhamshorerimthe 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).בְּנֵ֣יbenesonבֵּןnoun, 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, […אָסָ֔ףasafAsaphאָסָףnoun, proper name — “Asaph”H623Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the firstAsaph.מֵאָ֖הmeahhundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.אַרְבָּעִ֥יםarbaimfortyאַרְבָּעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “forty”, the ordinary formH705forty-forty.וּשְׁמֹנָֽהushemonahand 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight.

Young’s Literal Translation

The singers: sons of Asaph: a hundred forty and eight.

World English Bible

The singers: the children of Asaph: one hundred forty-eight.

Darby Translation

The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.

Douay-Rheims

Of Oduia, seventy-four. The singing men:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The singers; the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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