Study it in the app“And they sacrificed on that day great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for Elohim had made them rejoice with great rejoicing; and also the women and the children rejoiced. And the rejoicing of Jerusalem was heard from afar.”
And they sacrificedוַיִּזְבְּחוּon thatבַ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםgreatגְּדוֹלִיםsacrifices,זְבָחִיםand rejoiced,וַיִּשְׂמָחוּforכִּיElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhad made them rejoiceשִׂמְּחָםwith greatגְדוֹלָהrejoicing;שִׂמְחָהand alsoוְגַםthe womenהַנָּשִׁיםand the childrenוְהַיְלָדִיםrejoiced.שָׂמֵחוּAnd the rejoicingשִׂמְחַתof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםwas heardוַתִּשָּׁמַעfrom afar.מֵרָחוֹק
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “yizbchu” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolim” appearssacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevachim” appearsrejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismachu” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsjoy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeladim” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “tishama” appearsfar
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appearsJerusalem
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).
42and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers made themselves heard, with Izrahiah the one appointed.
43 · This verse (above)
44And on that day men were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the contributions, for the first part and for the tithes, to gather into them, from the fields of the cities, the portions of the law for the priests and for the Levites; for the rejoicing of Judah was over the priests and over the Levites who stood in their place.
