Study it in the app“Then I brought up the officials of Judah onto the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs and processions: one went to the right on top of the wall toward the Dung Gate.”
Then I brought upוָאַעֲלֶהthe officialsשָׂרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהontoמֵעַלthe wall,לַחוֹמָהand I appointedוָאַעֲמִידָהtwoשְׁתֵּיgreatגְּדוֹלֹתthanksgiving choirsתוֹדֹתand processions:וְתַהֲלֻכֹתone went to the rightלַיָּמִיןon top ofמֵעַלthe wallלַחוֹמָהtoward the Dung Gate.לְשַׁעַר הָאַשְׁפֹּת
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “aale” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appearsappoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “aamida” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolot” appearsthanksgiving choir
A group that sings to give thanks, in a procession.
Where else “todot” appearsprocession
Procession: a solemn march of a group. The word appears only once in the Bible (Nehemiah 12:31).
Where else “tahaluchot” appearsright side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearsash heap
Ash heap, dunghill: the place outside a city where rubbish and ashes are thrown.
Where else “ashpot” appears“Thanksgiving choirs”: the Hebrew says only “thanksgivings,” and here it names the groups that sang them.
30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.
31 · This verse (above)
32And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the officials of Judah,
