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Rememberזָכְרָהme,לִּיmy Elohim,אֱלֹהַיforעַלthis,זֹאתand do notוְאַלblot outתֶּמַחmy acts of loyal loveחֲסָדַיthatאֲשֶׁרI have doneעָשִׂיתִיin the houseבְּבֵיתof my Elohimאֱלֹהַיand in its charges.וּבְמִשְׁמָרָיו
Nehemiah 13:14
Study it in the app“Remember me, my Elohim, for this, and do not blot out my acts of loyal love that I have done in the house of my Elohim and in its charges.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 13:14, word by word
- Rememberזָכְרָzachra
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zachra” appears- my Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- blot outתֶּמַחtemach
blot out
To erase completely, or destroy someone.
Where else “temach” appears- my acts of loyal loveחֲסָדַchasada
faithfulness
Loyal love between people, faithfulness and kindness.
Where else “chasada” appears- I have doneעָשִׂיתִיasiti
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears- and in its chargesמִשְׁמָרָיmishmaray
charge
The service each one has to carry out in the house of God.
Where else “mishmaray” appears
The context
13And I appointed as treasurers over the treasuries Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and next to them Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah; for they were considered faithful, and it was upon them to distribute to their brothers.
14 · This verse (above)
15In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in the heaps and loading them on the donkeys, and also wine, grapes, and figs, and every kind of burden, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath; and I testified on the day they sold provisions.