How to Pronounce Nethinim
NETH-in-im
Nethinim is pronounced NETH-in-im: three syllables, stress on the first.
What is Nethinim?
The name given to the hereditary temple servants in all the post-Exilian books of Scripture. The word means given, i.e., “those set apart”, viz., to the menial work of the sanctuary for the Levites. The name occurs seventeen times, and in each case in the Authorized Version incorrectly terminates in “s”, “Nethinims;” in the Revised Version, correctly without the “s” (Ezra 2:70; 7:7, 24; 8:20, etc.). The tradition is that the Gibeonites (Josh. 9:27) were the original caste, afterwards called Nethinim.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.