ne.vi identifies those who prophesy, including named figures and a group assisting Jerusalem’s rebuilding.

The attested passages use the term for people identified with prophesying: Haggai and Zechariah are named in Ezra 5:1 and Ezra 6:14, while a plural group aids the builders in Ezra 5:2.

1. People identified by prophesying · dominant

   The determined masculine singular forms occur with Haggai and Zechariah in Ezra 5:1, where the APB renders them as figures who “prophesied,” and with Haggai in Ezra 6:14. The determined masculine plural form in Ezra 5:2 identifies a group “of God” who were helping Zerubbabel and Jeshua build the house of God.

   Ezra 5:1Ezra 5:2Ezra 6:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “prophet” for Haggai and Zechariah in Ezra 5:1 and for Haggai in Ezra 6:14, while Ezra 5:2 has “the prophets of God.” Its wording is a translation.