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And I wasוָאֱהִיgoing upעֹלֶהby the ravineבַנַּחַלat night,לַיְלָהand I wasוָאֱהִיexaminingשֹׂבֵרthe wall;בַּחוֹמָהand I turned backוָאָשׁוּבand came inוָאָבוֹאby the Valleyבְּ הַגַּיְאGate,שַׁעַרand returned.וָאָשׁוּב
Nehemiah 2:15
Study it in the app“And I was going up by the ravine at night, and I was examining the wall; and I turned back and came in by the Valley Gate, and returned.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 2:15, word by word
- And I wasאֱהִיehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehi” appears- going upעֹלֶהole
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ole” appears- by the ravineנַּחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- at nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- examiningשֹׂבֵרsover
examine
To look over carefully, as Nehemiah did the wall.
Where else “sover” appears- the wallחוֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- and I turned backאָשׁוּבashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashuv” appears- and came inאָבוֹאavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “avo” appears- by the Valleyגַּיְאgay
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “gay” appears- Gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears
The context
14Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, and there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
15 · This verse (above)
16And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; and to the Jews and to the priests and to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of those doing the work until then I had not told it.