And atוְעַלthe Fountain Gate,שַׁעַר הָעַיִןstraight before them,וְנֶגְדָּםthey went upעָלוּbyעַלthe stairsמַעֲלוֹתof the cityעִירof David,דָּוִידat the ascentבַּמַּעֲלֶהof the wall,לַחוֹמָהaboveמֵעַל לְthe houseבֵיתof David,דָּוִידand as far asוְעַדthe Water Gateשַׁעַר הַמַּיִםon the east.מִזְרָח
Nehemiah 12:37
Study it in the app“And at the Fountain Gate, straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, and as far as the Water Gate on the east.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 12:37, word by word
- the Fountain Gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- the Fountain Gateעַיִןayin
spring
Literally "eye": a place where water wells up from the ground.
Where else “ayin” appears- straight before themנֶגְדָּnegda
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negda” appears- they went upעָלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- the stairsמַעֲלוֹתmaalot
step
A step or stair of a stairway.
Where else “maalot” appears- of the cityעִירir
walled part
The walled part: "the city of David".
Where else “ir” appears- of Davidדָּוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- at the ascentמַּעֲלֶהmaale
ascent, rise
Ascent, a slope by which one goes up; also a raised place.
Where else “maale” appears- of the wallחוֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- the houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- the Water Gateמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- on the eastמִזְרָחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears
The context
36and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the instruments of song of David the man of Elohim; and Ezra the scribe was in front of them.
37 · This verse (above)
38And the second thanksgiving choir went in the opposite direction, and I went after it, and half of the people, on top of the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, as far as the Broad Wall,