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Nehemiah 8:11

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3881 So the Levites והלוים

H2814 stilled מחשׁים

H3605 all לכל

H5971 the people העם

H559 saying לאמר

H2013 Hold your peace הסו

H3588 for כי

H3117 the day היום

H6918 is holy קדשׁ

H408 neither ואל

H6087 be ye grieved תעצבו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

the

H3881 Levites

H2814 stilled

H3605 all

the

H5971 people

H559 saying

Hold

your

H2013 peace

H3588 for

the

H3117 day

H6918 holy

H408 neither

H6087 grieved

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3881

Hebrew: לֵוִיִּי

Transliteration: Lêvîyîy

Pronunciation: lay-vee-ee'

Part of Speech: Adjective

Bible Usage: Levite.

Definition:

a Leviite or descendant of Levi

Levite = see Levi "joined to"

1. the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah

a. the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906