And the lotsוְהַגּוֹרָלוֹתwe castהִפַּלְנוּforעַלthe offeringקֻרְבַּןof the wood,הָעֵצִיםthe priests,הַכֹּהֲנִיםthe Levites,הַלְוִיִּםand the people,וְהָעָםto bring itלְהָבִיאto the houseלְבֵיתof our Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּby our fathers’ house,לְבֵית אֲבֹתֵינוּat fixedלְ מְזֻמָּנִיםtimes,עִתִּיםyear after year,שָׁנָה בְשָׁנָהto burnלְבַעֵרonעַלthe altarמִזְבַּחof YHWHיְהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּasכַּit is writtenכָּתוּבin the law;בַּתּוֹרָה
Nehemiah 10:34
Study it in the app“And the lots we cast for the offering of the wood, the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring it to the house of our Elohim, by our fathers’ house, at fixed times, year after year, to burn on the altar of YHWH our Elohim, as it is written in the law;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 10:34, word by word
- And the lotsגּוֹרָלוֹתgoralot
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goralot” appears- we castהִפַּלְנוּhipalnu
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “hipalnu” appears- the offeringקֻרְבַּןkurban
offering
Offering (qorban): what is "brought near" to God. It comes from the verb "bring near" and is the general word for any offering; Jesus mentions it in Mark 7:11.
Where else “kurban” appears- of the woodעֵצִיםetsim
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” 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- and the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- to bring itהָבִיאhavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appears- to the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears- of our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- by our fathers’ houseאֲבֹתֵיavote
head of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avote” appears- at fixedמְזֻמָּנִיםmezumanim
appoint (a time)
To fix a time. "Appointed times" are dates set beforehand.
Where else “mezumanim” appears- timesעִתִּיםitim
season
The right moment or the part of the year when something is due.
Where else “itim” appears- year after yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- to burnבַעֵרvaer
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “vaer” appears- the altarמִזְבַּחmizbach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbach” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- it is writtenכָּתוּבkatuv
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katuv” appears- in the lawתּוֹרָהtora
law
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “tora” appears
The context
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.
34 · This verse (above)
35and to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year after year, to the house of YHWH;