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Nehemiah 7:66

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

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כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַקָּהָ֖לhaqahalthe assemblyקָהָלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the assembly”, the ordinary formH6951assemblage (usually concretely)assembly, company, congregation, multitude.כְּאֶחָ֑דkeechadas firstאֶחָדpreposition, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “as first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,אַרְבַּ֣עarbafourאַרְבַּעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “four”, the ordinary formH702fourfour.רִבּ֔וֹאribogreat thingsרִבּוֹadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “great things”, the ordinary formH7239a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large numbergreat things, ten ((eight) -een, (for) -ty, [phrase] sixscore, [phrase] threescore, [idiom] twenty, (twen) -ty) thousand.אַלְפַּ֖יִםalpayimthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.שְׁלֹשׁsheloshthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).מֵא֥וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.וְשִׁשִּֽׁיםveshishimand sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and sixty”, the ordinary formH8346sixtysixty, three score.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

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American Standard Version (1901)

The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

Young’s Literal Translation

All the assembly together [is] four myriads two thousand three hundred and sixty,

World English Bible

The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,

Darby Translation

The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

Douay-Rheims

All the multitude as it were one man, forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And all the congregation was about forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

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