Then I saidוָאוֹמַרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Youאַתֶּםseeרֹאִיםthe troubleהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרweאֲנַחְנוּare in,בָהּhowאֲשֶׁרJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםlies in ruinsחֲרֵבָהand its gatesוּשְׁעָרֶיהָhave been set on fire.נִצְּתוּ בָאֵשׁComeלְכוּand let us buildוְנִבְנֶהthe wallחוֹמַתof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםso that we may no longerוְלֹא עוֹדbeנִהְיֶהa reproach.”חֶרְפָּה
Nehemiah 2:17
Study it in the app“Then I said to them, “You see the trouble that we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been set on fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be a reproach.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 2:17, word by word
- Then I saidאוֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- seeרֹאִיםroim
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roim” appears- the troubleרָעָהraa
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- lies in ruinsחֲרֵבָהchareva
lie in ruins
To be left in ruins.
Where else “chareva” appears- and its gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “sheare” appears- have been set on fireנִצְּתוּnitstu
set on fire
Set on fire, burn.
Where else “nitstu” appears- have been set on fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- Comeלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- and let us buildנִבְנֶהnivne
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “nivne” appears- the wallחוֹמַתchomat
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomat” appears- beנִהְיֶהnihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “nihye” appears- a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” 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
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And I told them of the hand of my Elohim that had been good upon me, and also of the words of the king that he had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us arise and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good.