Nehemiah 7:67

in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Nehemiah records the census of the returned exiles, listing household members to complete the demographic inventory of the assembly.

The words — מִלְּבַד (mil-le-vad) means "besides" or "in addition to," while עַבְדֵיהֶם וְאַמְהֹתֵיהֶם ('av-dei-hem ve-'am-ho-tei-hem) literally translates to "their male servants and their female servants."

The thread — Ezra 2:65 records the identical returnee census, listing the same number of servants but noting 200 singers rather than 245.

Why it lands — The text requires acknowledging the complete demographic accounting of the returned community, where household labor and specialized roles are quantified alongside the free assembly.

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The Hebrew words

מִ֠לְּבַדMi./le./vad<from>/ <to>/ besides עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם'av.dei./Hemmale servants/ their וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ve./'am.ho.tei./Hemand/ female servants/ their אֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehthese שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'At[were] seven אֲלָפִ֔ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>שְׁלֹ֥שׁshe.Loshthree מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.Shimthirty וְשִׁבְעָ֑הve./shiv.'Ahand/ sevenוְלָהֶ֗םve./la./Hemand/ [belonged] to/ themמְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙me.sho.ra.Rimmale singers וּמְשֹׁ֣רֲר֔וֹתu./me.Sho.ra.Rotand/ female singers מָאתַ֖יִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundred

King James Version

Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

Cross-references

Ezra 2:65 in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
Isaiah 45:1 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
Jeremiah 27:7 All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.