And I returnedוָאָשִׁיבa wordדָּבָרto themאוֹתָםand saidוָאוֹמַרto them,לָהֶם“The Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the heavens,הַשָּׁמַיִםheהוּאwill give us success,יַצְלִיחַ לָנוּand weוַאֲנַחְנוּhis servantsעֲבָדָיוwill ariseנָקוּםand build;וּבָנִינוּbut youוְלָכֶםhave noאֵיןportionחֵלֶקor rightוּצְדָקָהor memorialוְזִכָּרוֹןin Jerusalem.”בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
Nehemiah 2:20
Study it in the app“And I returned a word to them and said to them, “The Elohim of the heavens, he will give us success, and we his servants will arise and build; but you have no portion or right or memorial in Jerusalem.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 2:20, word by word
- And I returnedאָשִׁיבashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “ashiv” appears- a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- and saidאוֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- “The Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- will give us successיַצְלִיחַyatsliach
give success
To make something succeed.
Where else “yatsliach” appears- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avaday” appears- will ariseנָקוּםnakum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “nakum” appears- and buildבָנִינוּvaninu
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vaninu” appears- portionחֵלֶקchelek
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelek” appears- or rightצְדָקָהtsedaka
right
Someone's right in a dispute.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- or memorialזִכָּרוֹןzikaron
memorial
Memorial: something done or kept in order to remember.
Where else “zikaron” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
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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
19But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, and they mocked us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
20 · This verse (above)