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And the Tyriansוְהַצֹּרִיםlivedיָשְׁבוּin it,בָהּbringingמְבִיאִיםfishדָּאגand all kindsוְכָלof merchandise,מֶכֶרand sellingוּמֹכְרִיםon the Sabbathבַּשַּׁבָּתto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהand in Jerusalem.וּבִירוּשָׁלִָם
Nehemiah 13:16
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 13:16, word by word
- And the Tyriansצֹּרִיםtsorim
Tyrian
Tyrian: a native of Tyre, a Phoenician city on the coast north of Israel.
Where else “tsorim” appears- livedיָשְׁבוּyashvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashvu” appears- bringingמְבִיאִיםmeviim
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “meviim” appears- fishדָּאגdag
fish
Fish; fish as a whole.
Where else “dag” appears- of merchandiseמֶכֶרmecher
merchandise
The things brought to sell, the merchandise.
Where else “mecher” appears- and sellingמֹכְרִיםmochrim
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “mochrim” appears- on the Sabbathשַּׁבָּתshabat
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears- to the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
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 “yehuda” appears- and in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
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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
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17So I contended with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the day of the Sabbath?