Tanach
Nechemyah 11:15-18 נחמיה י״א:ט״ו-י״ח
Part of: Chapter 11
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וּמִֽן־הַלְוִיִּם שְׁמַעְיָה בֶן־חַשּׁוּב בֶּן־עַזְרִיקָם בֶּן־חֲשַׁבְיָה בֶּן־בּוּנִּֽי׃
And of the Levites, Shemayah the son of Chashuv the son of Azrikam the son of Chashavyah the son of Buni.
And of the Levites, Shemayah the son of Chashuv the son of Azrikam the son of Chashavyah the son of Buni.
וְשַׁבְּתַי וְיוֹזָבָד עַל־הַמְּלָאכָה הַחִֽיצֹנָה לְבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים מֵרָאשֵׁי הַלְוִיִּֽם׃
And Shabthai and Yozavad over the external work of the house of G-d [i.e., Temple maintenance, etc.], of the heads of the Levites.
And Shabthai and Yozavad over the external work of the house of G-d [i.e., Temple maintenance, etc.], of the heads of the Levites.
Rashi
וּמַתַּנְיָה בֶן־מִיכָא בֶּן־זַבְדִּי בֶן־אָסָף רֹאשׁ הַתְּחִלָּה יְהוֹדֶה לַתְּפִלָּה וּבַקְבֻּקְיָה מִשְׁנֶה מֵאֶחָיו וְעַבְדָּא בֶּן־שַׁמּוּעַ בֶּן־גָּלָל בֶּן־[יְדוּתֽוּן] (ידיתון)׃
And Matanyah the son of Michah the son of Zavdi the son of Asaf, the head, for the initiation of praise and prayer [(in the songs of the Levites)] and Bakbukyah, his second, of his brethren, and Avda the son of Shamua the son of Galal the son of Yeduthun.
And Matanyah the son of Michah the son of Zavdi the son of Asaf, the head, for the initiation of praise and prayer [(in the songs of the Levites)] and Bakbukyah, his second, of his brethren, and Avda the son of Shamua the son of Galal the son of Yeduthun.
Rashi
ראש התחלה יהודה לתפלה. הוא היה ראש וממונ' וגדול לפתוח תחלה להודות בתפלה ובזמירות שירותיהם של לוים, יהודה כמו יודה והה"א נכנסת בתיבה שלא לצורך כמו יוסף יהוסף:
the head to begin the thanksgiving in prayer He was the head and the appointed official, and the greatest one who was first to start and to thank in prayer and in singing the songs of the Levites. יְהוֹדֶה is like יוֹדֶה, and the “hey” enters the word unnecessarily, like יוֹסֵף and יְהוֹסֵף.
כׇּל־הַלְוִיִּם בְּעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ מָאתַיִם שְׁמֹנִים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ {פ}
All the Levites in the holy city, two hundred and forty-eight.
All the Levites in the holy city, two hundred and forty-eight.
על המלאכה החיצונה. אשר לבית כגון בנייני בדק הבית ועצי המערכה שהיו מביאים מבחוץ:
over the outside work of the Temple, such as the buildings of the repair of the Temple (sic) and the wood of the arrangement, which they would bring from outside.