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And the tradersוַ הָרֹכְלִיםand the sellersוּמֹכְרֵיof all kindsכָלof merchandiseמִמְכָּרspent the nightיָּלִינוּoutsideמִחוּץJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִָםonceפַּעַםor twice.וּשְׁתָּיִם
Nehemiah 13:20
Study it in the app“And the traders and the sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 13:20, word by word
- And the tradersרֹכְלִיםrochlim
go about trading
Go from place to place selling; as a participle, trader, traveling merchant.
Where else “rochlim” appears- and the sellersמֹכְרֵיmochre
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “mochre” appears- of merchandiseמִמְכָּרmimkar
sale, what is sold
A sale; also what has been sold, merchandise.
Where else “mimkar” appears- spent the nightיָּלִינוּyalinu
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalinu” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- onceפַּעַםpaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appears- or twiceשְׁתָּיִםshetayim
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetayim” appears
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
19It happened that when the gates of Jerusalem grew dark before the Sabbath, I spoke, and the doors were shut; and I said that they should not open them until after the Sabbath. And some of my young men I stationed at the gates, so that no burden would enter on the day of the Sabbath.
20 · This verse (above)
21But I testified against them and said to them, “Why are you spending the night in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay a hand on you.” From that time they did not come on the Sabbath.