Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 2:16
“And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5461 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a prefect of a province
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to superintend;
- KJV renderings
- prince, ruler.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- סְּגָנִ֗ים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 9:2Nehemiah 4:8Nehemiah 4:13Nehemiah 5:7Nehemiah 5:17
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 סָגָן 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.