What Does Nehemiah 11:21 Mean in the King James?
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
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 Nethinim are the “given ones”: their name holds the sense of a people placed into service.
THE MEANING
The Nethinim dwell in a particular place, and Ziha and Gispa carry named responsibility among them. Their title carries the sense of people given a place in service, so the verse holds belonging and work together.
THE ROOT
הַנְּתִינִים
han-netinim
GROWS FROM
נתן
give, set, place
“Nethinims” in this verse is han-netinim. Nethinim means “given ones,” from the root נתן, “give, set, place.” The root links their identity to being placed in service, giving their dwelling and oversight a deeper sense of belonging within the community.
ALSO GROWS
natan: to give, set, or place
נָתַן
This verb is the seed beneath the Nethinim title: they are the people given a place and task.
mattanah: gift, present
מַתָּנָה
It shares the נתן root, holding what is given and those who are given within one word family.
THE PATTERN
A community’s shared work takes form when people are placed in roles and responsibility is named.
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.Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;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.The same word, Nethinim, appears here with its service made explicit: they are appointed for the Levites’ work. Their name’s sense of “given ones” makes this verse’s brief roster read as both a place and a vocation.
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