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Nehemiah 12:24

“And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רֹאשׁrôʼsh · roshe
H7218 · Hebrew

Definition: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Derivation: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;
KJV renderings: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
רָאשֵׁ֣י — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
Code HC/Ncmpc
Usage: Occurs 600 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:10 Genesis 3:15 Genesis 8:5 Genesis 11:4 Genesis 28:12

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.