Nehemiah 10:28

“And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of Elohim, their wives, their sons and their daughters, all who knew how to understand,”

Nehemiah 10:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nehemiah 10:28, word by word

And the restשְׁאָרshear

rest, remainder

Rest: what is left of something.

Where else “shear” appears
of the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears
the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohanim” appears
the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

Where else “leviyim” appears
the gatekeepersשּׁוֹעֲרִיםshoarim

gatekeeper

Gatekeeper: one who guards the gate of a city, a palace or the temple. In Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah it is an office of the Levites.

Where else “shoarim” appears
the singersמְשֹׁרְרִיםmeshorrim

singer

Levites in charge of leading the singing in the house of YHWH, with instruments.

Where else “meshorrim” appears
the Nethinimנְּתִינִיםnetinim

Nethinim

Nethinim: servants of the sanctuary. The name comes from the Hebrew netinim, "given ones": they were given to help the Levites in the work of the house of Elohim (Ezra 8:20).

Where else “netinim” appears
who had separated themselvesנִּבְדָּלnivdal

separate

Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.

Where else “nivdal” appears
of the landsאֲרָצוֹתaratsot

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “aratsot” appears
the lawתּוֹרַתtorat

law

Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.

Where else “torat” appears
of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohim” appears
their wivesנְשֵׁיneshe

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “neshe” appears
their sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “bene” appears
and their daughtersבְנֹתֵיvenote

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “venote” appears
who knew howיוֹדֵעַyodea

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yodea” appears
to understandמֵבִיןmevin

understand

To understand, realize.

Where else “mevin” appears

The context

27Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

28 · This verse (above)

29were adhering to their brothers, their nobles, and entering into an imprecation and into an oath to walk in the law of Elohim, which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of Elohim, and to keep and do all the commandments of YHWH our Lord, and his rules and his statutes;

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