Nehemiah - נחמיה

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Called "Second Ezra" in some Vulgate sources, and considered the second part of "2 Esdras" in some Septuagint Greek sources, and of "3 Ezra" in earlier Ge'ez sources.

Canonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Masoretic Text of Nehemiah
(traditionally the second part of the Book of Ezra)
- in Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic		 נחמיה (לפי נוסח חמסורה)
מקור: מִקְרָא עַל־פִּי הַמָּסוֹרָה 		Leningrad Codex

Peshitta Nehemiah
(traditionally the second part of the Book of Ezra)
- in Syriac Aramaic		ܢܚܡܝܐ
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה		Codex Ambrosianus

Ethiopic Nehemiah
(traditionally the second part of "Third Ezra")
- in Ge'ez		መጽሐፈ ፡ ነሀምያ ። / ዘዕዝራ ፡ ሠለስቱ ፡ ፲፩-፳፫ ።
ዐይን: Francisco María Esteves Pereira
Likely typical "early" mss.
EAP 704/1/5 (early 15th c.) [middle of 1st column];
EMML 1768 (late 15th c.) [p: 180, middle of 1st column]
Possibly typical "standardized" ms.EMML 36 (18th-19th c.) [p: 114, middle of 4th column]
Likely typical "modern" ms.
IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 313r, middle of 3rd column]
Potential "Outlier" ms.
d'Abbadie 35 (17th c.) [near bottom of 1st column]

Septuagint Nehemiah or 2 Esdras ch. 11-23
- in Koine Greek		Νεεμίας / Εσδρας Β' ΙʹΑ'–ΚʹΓʹ:
Rahlfs' edition
πηγή: nocr
Swete's edition
πηγή: biblehub		Codex Vaticanus (p: 607)

Vulgate Nehemiah or Second Ezra
- in Latin		nehemiae / esdrae secundus
fons: vulgate.org		Codex Gigas

Non-canonical versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Additional fragmentary Hebrew version:
Ketef Hinnom scrolls (Nehemiah 1:5)
- in Hebrew		לוחיות כתף הינום
(וגם בויקיפדיה)		ברכת כוהנים על קמעות
Ketef Hinnom Scrolls

Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") Nehemiah
- in Latin		nehemiae (qui et esdrae secundus dicitur)
fons: Petri Sabatier

Syro-Hexaplar (Septuagint) Nehemiah
(only fragments extant)
- in Syriac Aramaic		 ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܪܝܢ ܕܥܙܪܐܼ
ܡܒܘܥܐ: John Gwynn
(see also: transcription by John C. Torrey (doc. p. 7))

Significantly related biblical texts:

Ezra-Nehemiah is a single written composition, consisting of:

  1. Ezra
  2. Nehemiah

The book of "Greek" Esdras is an alternate version of Ezra-Nehemiah.

Other books in the tradition of Ezra:

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