Etymology

Nethinim

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Today it means: A servant of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple. Full definition →

Hebrew נְתִינִים
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromנְתִינִים
  2. English todayNethinim

From Hebrew נְתִינִים (nəṯīnīm), plural of נָתִין (“given; granted; a slave of the temple”).

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