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And we laidוְהֶעֱמַדְנוּon ourselvesעָלֵינוּcommandments,מִצְוֺתto putלָתֵתon ourselvesעָלֵינוּthe thirdשְׁלִשִׁיתof a shekelהַשֶּׁקֶלa yearבַּשָּׁנָהfor the serviceלַעֲבֹדַתof the houseבֵּיתof our Elohim:אֱלֹהֵינוּ
Nehemiah 10:32
Study it in the app“And we laid on ourselves commandments, to put on ourselves the third of a shekel a year for the service of the house of our Elohim:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 10:32, word by word
- And we laidהֶעֱמַדְנוּheemadnu
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “heemadnu” appears- commandmentsמִצְוֺתmitsvot
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” appears- to putתֵתtet
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “tet” appears- the thirdשְׁלִשִׁיתshelishit
third part
One of three equal parts of a whole.
Where else “shelishit” appears- of a shekelשֶּׁקֶלshekel
shekel
Shekel: a weight of about 11 grams. Since there were no coins, silver was weighed, so a shekel is also an amount of money.
Where else “shekel” appears- a yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- for the serviceעֲבֹדַתavodat
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appears- of the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
31and as for the peoples of the land who bring the merchandise and any grain on the day of the Sabbath to sell, we will not take anything from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day; and we will leave the seventh year and the loan of every hand.
32 · This verse (above)
33for the bread of the row, and the continual grain offering, and for the continual burnt offering, the Sabbaths, the new moons, for the appointed times, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make expiation for Israel, and all the work of the house of our Elohim.