Study it in the app“that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and some men from Judah; and I asked them about the Jews, the escapees who had been left from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.”
that Hanani,חֲנָנִיoneאֶחָדof my brothers,מֵאַחַיcame,וַיָּבֹאheהוּאand some menוַאֲנָשִׁיםfrom Judah;מִיהוּדָהand I asked themוָאֶשְׁאָלֵםaboutעַלthe Jews,הַיְּהוּדִיםthe escapeesהַפְּלֵיטָהwhoאֲשֶׁרhad been leftנִשְׁאֲרוּfromמִןthe captivity,הַשֶּׁבִיand aboutוְעַלJerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
Hanani
Hanani: a name meaning "gracious" or "he has favored me." It is borne by several people, among them the father of the prophet Jehu (1 Kings 16).
Where else “chanani” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “aach” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” 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 “yhuda” appearsask
To ask a question.
Where else “eshale” appearsJew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appearssurvivors
The small group that survives a defeat or a disaster.
Where else “peleta” appearsremain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nisharu” appearscaptive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsJerusalem
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).
1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. And it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the fortress,
2 · This verse (above)
3And they said to me, “Those who remain, who have been left from the captivity there in the province, are in great trouble and in reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is full of breaches, and its gates have been set on fire.”
