Strong's Hebrew English Morphology   [ואוצאה] [wā-’ō-w-ṣi-’āh And Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular :: third person feminine singular Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs | 3fs   ḵ]   3318 [e] (וָאֲצַוֶּ֤ה) (wā-’ă-ṣaw-weh I gave a command Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-1cs   q)   853 [e] אוֹתָם֙ ’ō-w-ṯām them DirObjM | 3mp 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- for Prep 112 [e] אִדּ֣וֹ ’id-dōw Iddo N-proper-ms 7218 [e] הָרֹ֔אשׁ hā-rōš, the chief man Art | N-ms 3703 [e] בְּכָסִפְיָ֖א bə-ḵā-sip̄-yā at Casiphia Prep-b | N-proper-fs 4725 [e] הַמָּק֑וֹם ham-mā-qō-wm; the place Art | N-ms 7760 [e] וָאָשִׂימָה֩ wā-’ā-śî-māh and I told Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs | 3fs 6310 [e] בְּפִיהֶ֨ם bə-p̄î-hem them Prep-b | N-msc | 3mp 1697 [e] דְּבָרִ֜ים də-ḇā-rîm what N-mp 1696 [e] לְ֠דַבֵּר lə-ḏab-bêr they should say Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 112 [e] אִדּ֨וֹ ’id-dōw Iddo N-proper-ms 251 [e] אָחִ֤יו ’ā-ḥîw [and] his brothers N-msc | 3ms   [הנתונים] [han-nə-ṯū-nîm - Article :: Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Art | V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp   ḵ]   5411 [e] (הַנְּתִינִים֙) (han-nə-ṯî-nîm the Nethinim Art | N-mp   q)   3703 [e] בְּכָסִפְיָ֣א bə-ḵā-sip̄-yā at Casiphia Prep-b | N-proper-fs 4725 [e] הַמָּק֔וֹם ham-mā-qō-wm, the place Art | N-ms 935 [e] לְהָֽבִיא־ lə-hā-ḇî- that they should bring Prep-l | V-Hifil-Inf   לָ֥נוּ lā-nū us Prep | 1cp 8334 [e] מְשָׁרְתִ֖ים mə-šā-rə-ṯîm servants V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp 1004 [e] לְבֵ֥ית lə-ḇêṯ for the house Prep-l | N-msc 430 [e] אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ ’ĕ-lō-hê-nū. of our God N-mpc | 1cp

New American Standard Bible
I sent them to Iddo the leading man at the place Casiphia; and I told them what to say to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring ministers to us for the house of our God.

King James Bible
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his brothers, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring us ministers for the house of our God.

Casiphia (Casiphia is supposed to denote the Caspian mountains, between Media and Hyrcania, near the Caspian Sea. It is evident, from a comparison of ch.

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I told them. Heb. I put words in their mouth

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2 Samuel 14:3,19 And come to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put …

Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD …

Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore thus said the LORD, If you return, then will I bring you …

the Nethinims

Ezra 2:43,58 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the …

Ezra 7:7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, …

ministers

Numbers 8:22-26 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle …

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1 Chronicles 23:3-6,26-32 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: …

Titus 1:5 For this cause left I you in Crete, that you should set in order …

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