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So I contendedוָאָרִיבָהwith the noblesאֵת חֹרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand saidוָאֹמְרָהto them,לָהֶם“Whatמָהisthisהַזֶּהevilהָרָעthingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםare doing,עֹשִׂיםprofaningוּמְחַלְּלִיםthe dayיוֹםof the Sabbath?הַשַּׁבָּת
Nehemiah 13:17
Study it in the app“So 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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 13:17, word by word
- So I contendedאָרִיבָariva
quarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “ariva” appears- with the noblesחֹרֵיchore
noble
Noble: a free person of rank in a city, one of those who had a say in its affairs together with the elders.
Where else “chore” 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 saidאֹמְרָomra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omra” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- are doingעֹשִׂיםosim
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “osim” appears- profaningמְחַלְּלִיםmechallim
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “mechallim” appears- the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of the Sabbathשַּׁבָּתshabat
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18Did not your fathers do thus, and our Elohim brought on us all this evil, and on this city? Yet you are adding burning on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”