And Shemaiah
Shma`yah (shem-aw-yaw')
Jah has heard; Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites -- Shemaiah.
the son
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Nethaneel
Nthane'l (neth-an-ale')
given of God; Nethanel, the name of ten Israelites -- Nethaneel.
the scribe
caphar (saw-far')
to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
one of the Levites
Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee')
a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.
wrote
kathab (kaw-thab')
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) -- describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
them before
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
and the princes
sar (sar)
a head person (of any rank or class) -- captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, (-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
and Zadok
Tsadowq (tsaw-doke')
just; Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites -- Zadok.
the priest
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.
and Ahimelech
'Achiymelek (akh-ee-meh'-lek)
brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite -- Ahimelech.
the son
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Abiathar
'Ebyathar (ab-yaw-thawr')
father of abundance (i.e. liberal); Ebjathar, an Israelite -- Abiathar.
and before the chief
ro'sh (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
of the fathers
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
of the priests
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.
and Levites
Leviyiy (lay-vee-ee')
a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.
one
'echad (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
principal
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
household
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
being taken
'achaz (aw-khaz')
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
for Eleazar
'El`azar (el-aw-zawr')
God (is) helper; Elazar, the name of seven Israelites -- Eleazar.
and one taken
'achaz (aw-khaz')
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
for Ithamar
'Iythamar (eeth-aw-mawr')
coast of the palm-tree; Ithamar, a son of Aaron -- Ithamar.
