What Does Ezra 2:43 Mean in the King James?

The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

Ezra 2:43 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The Nethinims are “the given ones,” yet this shared name does not erase the particular families named beneath it.

THE MEANING

You can belong to a shared people without disappearing into it: this line names the group as the “given ones” and keeps its family names visible. Shared belonging and distinct identity stand together here.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

Belonging to a shared role makes people interchangeable.

THE ROOT

נְתִינִים

nĕṯînîm

GROWS FROM

נתן

n-t-n

To give, set, or place.

“Nethinims” in this verse is nĕṯînîm. The English group label hides a Hebrew form meaning “given ones.” The root carries both giving and setting in place, while the family names that follow keep the people particular rather than anonymous.

ALSO GROWS

natan: To give, set, or place.

נָתַן

This verb makes “the given ones” audible beneath the group’s English name.

mattan: Gift; something given.

מַתָּן

This branch shares the root of giving, connecting the group’s name with what is given.

THE PATTERN

A shared service can hold distinct people together without making them anonymous.

And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

Numbers 3:9 · KJVThe Levites are called “given” for shared service, echoing the meaning carried by the Nethinims’ name.

Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

Ezra 8:20 · KJVThe Nethinims are tied to service, and each remains expressed by name.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Peter 4:10 · KJVEach person receives a gift for service to others, so shared work still carries individual distinction.

THE THREAD

Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

Ezra 8:20 · KJV

The same name appears alongside service and the statement that all are expressed by name. “Given ones” and individual recognition stand together in this passage.

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