In thoseבַּ הָהֵמָּהdaysיָּמִיםI sawרָאִיתִיin Judahבִיהוּדָהpeople treadingדֹּרְכִיםwinepressesגִּתּוֹתon the Sabbath,בַּשַּׁבָּתand bringing inוּמְבִיאִיםthe heapsהָעֲרֵמוֹתand loading themוְעֹמְסִיםonעַלthe donkeys,הַחֲמֹרִיםand alsoוְאַףwine,יַיִןgrapes,עֲנָבִיםand figs,וּתְאֵנִיםand every kindוְכָלof burden,מַשָּׂאand bringing themוּמְבִיאִיםinto Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםon the dayבְּיוֹםof the Sabbath;הַשַּׁבָּתand I testifiedוָאָעִידon the dayבְּיוֹםthey soldמִכְרָםprovisions.צָיִד
Nehemiah 13:15
Study it in the app“In 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 13:15, word by word
- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- I sawרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- in Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
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 “yhuda” appears- people treadingדֹּרְכִיםdorchim
tread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “dorchim” appears- winepressesגִּתּוֹתgitot
winepress
Winepress: the place, cut in the rock, where grapes are trodden to get the wine.
Where else “gitot” appears- on the Sabbathשַּׁבָּתshabat
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears- and bringing inמְבִיאִיםmeviim
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “meviim” appears- the heapsעֲרֵמוֹתaremot
heap
Heap, especially of grain already threshed.
Where else “aremot” appears- and loading themעֹמְסִיםomsim
load
To lay a load on someone or on an animal.
Where else “omsim” appears- the donkeysחֲמֹרִיםchamorim
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamorim” appears- wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- grapesעֲנָבִיםanavim
grape
Grape.
Where else “anavim” appears- and figsתְאֵנִיםteenim
fig
The fruit of the fig tree, eaten fresh or pressed into cakes.
Where else “teenim” appears- of burdenמַשָּׂאmasa
burden
A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.
Where else “masa” appears- into Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- and I testifiedאָעִידaid
testify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “aid” appears- they soldמִכְרָmichra
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “michra” appears- provisionsצָיִדtsayid
provision
The food people live on: what is carried and eaten.
Where else “tsayid” appears
Translation note
“The heaps”: of grain or of sheaves. “I testified”: he admonished them; he warned them that they were doing wrong.
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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
14Remember 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16And the Tyrians lived in it, bringing fish and all kinds of merchandise, and selling on the Sabbath to the sons of Judah, and in Jerusalem.