Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 12:9
“Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בַּקְבֻּקְיָהBaqbuqyâh · bak-book-yaw'
H1229 · Hebrew
H1229 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Bakbukjah, an Israelite
- Derivation
- from H1228 (בַּקְבֻּק)xlit baqbûk corrected to baqbuq and H3050 (יָהּ); emptying (i.e. wasting) of Jah;
- KJV renderings
- Bakbukiah.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֨ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Nehemiah 11:17Nehemiah 12:25
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בַּקְבֻּקְיָה here.
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.