Study it in the app“And all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month. And all the people sat in the square of the house of Elohim, trembling because of the matter and because of the rains.”
And allוַ כָלthe menאַנְשֵׁיof Judahיְהוּדָהand Benjaminוּבִנְיָמִןgatheredיִּקָּבְצוּat Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםwithin threeלִשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays;הַיָּמִיםitהוּאwas the ninthהַתְּשִׁיעִיmonth,חֹדֶשׁon the twentiethבְּעֶשְׂרִיםof the month.בַּחֹדֶשׁAnd allוַ כָלthe peopleהָעָםsatיֵּשְׁבוּin the squareבִּרְחוֹבof the houseבֵּיתof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםtremblingמַרְעִידִיםbecause ofעַלthe matterהַדָּבָרand because ofוּמֵthe rains.הַגְּשָׁמִים
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsBenjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appearsgather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “yikavtsu” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appearsninth
Ninth.
Where else “teshii” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshvu” appearssquare
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechov” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearstremble, shiver
To tremble, to shiver, from fear or from cold.
Where else “maridim” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsheavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshamim” appearsThe ninth month (Chislev, between November and December) is a time of rain and of cold in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
8and that everyone who did not come within three days, according to the counsel of the officials and the elders, all his goods would be devoted to destruction, and he himself would be separated from the assembly of the exiles.
9 · This verse (above)
10And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful and have married foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
