Nehemiah 2:9

“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.”

Nehemiah 2:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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of the other sideעֵבֶרever

beyond

Past the river, especially the Jordan.

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of the riverנָּהָרnahar

river

River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.

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and gaveאֶתְּנָetna

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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the lettersאִגְּרוֹתigrot

letter

Letter: a written message that is sent. A word of the late books (Chronicles, Nehemiah, Esther).

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of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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had sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach

send

To send someone or something.

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commandersשָׂרֵיsare

chief

Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.

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of troopsחַיִלchayil

army

A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.

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and horsemenפָרָשִׁיםfarashim

horseman

A soldier who fights mounted on a horse.

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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.

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