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and fromוּמִBeth-gilgalבֵּית הַגִּלְגָּלand from the fieldsוּמִשְּׂדוֹתof Gebaגֶּבַעand Azmaveth;וְעַזְמָוֶתforכִּיthe singersהַמְשֹׁרֲרִיםhad builtבָּנוּthemselvesלָהֶםvillagesחֲצֵרִיםaroundסְבִיבוֹתJerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
Nehemiah 12:29
Study it in the app“and from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 12:29, word by word
- Beth-gilgalבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- Beth-gilgalהַגִּלְגָּלhagilgal
Gilgal
See it on the mapWhere else “hagilgal” appears- and from the fieldsשְּׂדוֹתsedot
territory
A region: "the fields of Moab".
Where else “sedot” appears- of Gebaגֶּבַעgeva
Geba
Geba: a town of Benjamin, later a Levite city. The name means "hill."
Where else “geva” appears- and Azmavethעַזְמָוֶתazmavet
Azmaveth
Azmaveth, the name of several men (one of David's mighty men, the Barhumite; a descendant of Saul; the officer over the king's treasuries) and of a place near Jerusalem (Ezra 2:24).
Where else “azmavet” appears- the singersמְשֹׁרֲרִיםmeshorarim
singer
Levites in charge of leading the singing in the house of YHWH, with instruments.
Where else “meshorarim” appears- had builtבָּנוּbanu
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “banu” appears- villagesחֲצֵרִיםchatserim
village
A group of houses without a wall, in the countryside.
Where else “chatserim” appears- aroundסְבִיבוֹתsevivot
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivot” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
1Gilgal ?
Today: disputed; near Jericho, West Bank
A place near Jericho in the Jordan valley; the exact site is not certain.
Israel camped there after crossing the Jordan and set up twelve stones (Josh 4:19-20). Saul was confirmed as king there (1 Sam 11:15).
2Jerusalem
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
28And the sons of the singers gathered both from the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathite,
29 · This verse (above)
30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.