And I aroseוָאָקוּםat night,לַיְלָהIאֲנִיand a fewוַ מְעַטmenאֲנָשִׁיםwith me;עִמִּיand I did notוְלֹאtellהִגַּדְתִּיanyoneלְאָדָםwhatמָהmy Elohimאֱלֹהַיwas puttingנֹתֵןintoאֶלmy heartלִבִּיto doלַעֲשׂוֹתfor Jerusalem;לִירוּשָׁלִָםand there was noוּ אֵיןbeastבְהֵמָהwith meעִמִּיexceptכִּי אִםthe beastהַבְּהֵמָהthatאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיwas riding.רֹכֵב בָּהּ
Nehemiah 2:12
Study it in the app“And I arose at night, I and a few men with me; and I did not tell anyone what my Elohim was putting into my heart to do for Jerusalem; and there was no beast with me except the beast that I was riding.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 2:12, word by word
- And I aroseאָקוּםakum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “akum” appears- at nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- and a fewמְעַטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- tellהִגַּדְתִּיhigadti
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higadti” appears- anyoneאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- my Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- was puttingנֹתֵןnoten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “noten” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- for Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- beastבְהֵמָהvehema
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “vehema” appears- was ridingרֹכֵבrochev
ride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “rochev” 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
11And I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
12 · This verse (above)
13And I went out by the Valley Gate at night, toward the Dragon Fountain and to the Dung Gate, and I was examining the walls of Jerusalem, which were full of breaches, and its gates, consumed by fire.