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And one of the sonsוּמִבְּנֵיof Joiadaיוֹיָדָעsonבֶּןof Eliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיבthe high priestהַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹלwasson-in-lawחָתָןto Sanballatלְסַנְבַלַּטthe Horonite;הַחֹרֹנִיso I chased him awayוָאַבְרִיחֵהוּfrom me.מֵעָלָי
Nehemiah 13:28
Study it in the app“And one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; so I chased him away from me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 13:28, word by word
- And one of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Joiadaיוֹיָדָעyoyada
Joiada
Joiada: a name meaning "YHWH knows". A high priest of Nehemiah's time (Nehemiah 12:10); also one of those who repaired the Old Gate (Nehemiah 3:6).
Where else “yoyada” appears- of Eliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיבelyashiv
Eliashib
Eliashib: the name of several Israelites, among them a high priest of Nehemiah's time. The name means "God will bring back."
Where else “elyashiv” appears- the high priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- the high priestגָּדוֹלgadol
high
Literally "the great priest": the chief of all priests.
Where else “gadol” appears- son-in-lawחָתָןchatan
son-in-law
The daughter's husband, who joins the family by marriage.
Where else “chatan” appears- to Sanballatסַנְבַלַּטsanvalat
Sanballat
Sanballat: the main adversary of Nehemiah, called "the Horonite". He had authority in Samaria.
Where else “sanvalat” appears- the Horoniteחֹרֹנִיchoroni
Horonite
Horonite: from Beth-horon or from Horonaim. So Sanballat is called.
Where else “choroni” appears- so I chased him awayאַבְרִיחֵavriche
drive away
To make someone flee.
Where else “avriche” appears
The context
27And shall we listen to you and do all this great evil, acting unfaithfully against our Elohim by marrying foreign women?”
28 · This verse (above)
29Remember them, my Elohim, because of the defilements of the priesthood and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.