Nehemiah 12:29
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And from the house of Galgal, and from the countries of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singing men had built themselves villages round about Jerusalem.

the house.

Deuteronomy 11:30 Which are beyond the Jordan, behind the way that goeth to the setting of the sun, in the land of the Chanaanite who dwelleth in the plain country over against Galgala, which is near the valley that reacheth and entereth far.

Joshua 5:9 And the Lord said to Joshua: This day have I taken away from you the reproach of Egypt. And the name of that place was called Galgal, until this present day.

Joshua 10:43 And he returned with all Israel to the place of the camp in Galgal.

Geba.

Nehemiah 11:31 And the children of Benjamin, from Geba, at Mechmas, and at Hai, and at Bethel, and in the villages thereof,

Joshua 21:17 And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,

1 Chronicles 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

Azmaveth.

Ezra 2:24 The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.

Context
The Dedication of the Wall
28And the sons of the singing men were gathered together out of the plain country about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of Nethuphati, 29And from the house of Galgal, and from the countries of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singing men had built themselves villages round about Jerusalem.30And the priests and the Levites were purified, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 12:28
And the sons of the singing men were gathered together out of the plain country about Jerusalem, and out of the villages of Nethuphati,

Nehemiah 12:30
And the priests and the Levites were purified, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

Nehemiah 13:10
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: and that the Levites, and the singing men, and they that ministered were fled away every man to his own country:

Lexicon
from Beth-gilgal,
וּמִבֵּית֙ (ū·mib·bêṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

and from the fields
וּמִשְּׂד֥וֹת (ū·miś·śə·ḏō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

of Geba
גֶּ֖בַע (ge·ḇa‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1387: Geba -- a Levitical city of Benjamin

and Azmaveth,
וְעַזְמָ֑וֶת (wə·‘az·mā·weṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5820: Azmaveth -- 'strong (one) of death', four Israelites

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

[they]
הַמְשֹׁ֣רֲרִ֔ים (ham·šō·ră·rîm)
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7891: To sing

had built
בָּנ֤וּ (bā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

villages
חֲצֵרִ֗ים (ḥă·ṣê·rîm)
Noun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2691: A yard, a hamlet

for themselves
לָהֶם֙ (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

all around
סְבִיב֖וֹת (sə·ḇî·ḇō·wṯ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

Jerusalem.
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel


Additional Translations
from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves all around Jerusalem.Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem.

also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

and from the country: for the singers built themselves villages by Jerusalem.

also from Beth-Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves hamlets round about Jerusalem.

also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

Also from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages around Jerusalem.

also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages around Jerusalem.

and from the house of Gilgal, and from fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for villages have the singers built for themselves round about Jerusalem;
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