And I cameוָאָבוֹאtoאֶלthe governorsפַּחֲווֹתof the other sideעֵבֶרof the riverהַנָּהָרand gaveוָאֶתְּנָהthemלָהֶםthe lettersאִגְּרוֹתof the king.הַמֶּלֶךְAnd the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְhad sentיִּשְׁלַחwith meעִמִּיcommandersשָׂרֵיof troopsחַיִלand horsemen.וּפָרָשִׁים
Nehemiah 2:9
Study it in the app“And I came to the governors of the other side of the river and gave them the letters of the king. And the king had sent with me commanders of troops and horsemen.”
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Nehemiah 2:9, word by word
- And I cameאָבוֹאavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “avo” appears- the governorsפַּחֲווֹתpachavot
governor
Governor: one who rules a province or district in the name of the king. A frequent word in the books of the Persian period.
Where else “pachavot” appears- of the other sideעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- of the riverנָּהָרnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears- and gaveאֶתְּנָetna
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etna” appears- the lettersאִגְּרוֹתigrot
letter
Letter: a written message that is sent. A word of the late books (Chronicles, Nehemiah, Esther).
Where else “igrot” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- had sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- commandersשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of troopsחַיִלchayil
army
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chayil” appears- and horsemenפָרָשִׁיםfarashim
horseman
A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.
Where else “farashim” appears
The context
8and a letter to Asaph, keeper of the park that belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress that belongs to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I will go into.” And the king granted it to me, according to the good hand of my Elohim upon me.
9 · This verse (above)
10And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard, and it seemed to them a great evil that a man had come to seek the good of the sons of Israel.