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And the peopleוַ הָעָםblessedיְבָרֲכוּallלְכֹלthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwho offered themselves willinglyהַמִּתְנַדְּבִיםto liveלָשֶׁבֶתin Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
Nehemiah 11:2
Study it in the app“And the people blessed all the men who offered themselves willingly to live in Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 11:2, word by word
- And the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- blessedיְבָרֲכוּyevarachu
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarachu” appears- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- who offered themselves willinglyמִּתְנַדְּבִיםmitnadvim
volunteer
To give oneself gladly.
Where else “mitnadvim” appears- to liveשֶׁבֶתshevet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shevet” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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).
The context
1The officials of the people lived in Jerusalem; and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, and the nine parts in the cities.
2 · This verse (above)
3And these are the heads of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah lived, each on his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon.