Nehemiah 10:34

“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;”

Nehemiah 10:34 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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and the peopleעָםam

crowd

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

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to bring itהָבִיאhavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

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to the houseבֵיתvet

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

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of our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

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

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by our fathers’ houseאֲבֹתֵיavote

head of family

The head of a family or clan.

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at fixedמְזֻמָּנִיםmezumanim

appoint (a time)

To fix a time. "Appointed times" are dates set beforehand.

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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.

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it is writtenכָּתוּבkatuv

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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in the lawתּוֹרָהtora

law

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

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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;

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