Study it in the app“The Valley Gate Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired; they built it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate.”
The ValleyהַגַּיְאGateשַׁעַרHanunחָנוּןand the inhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֵיof Zanoahזָנוֹחַrepaired;הֶחֱזִיקtheyהֵמָּהbuilt itבָנוּהוּand set upוַיַּעֲמִידוּits doors,דַּלְתֹתָיוits locks,מַנְעֻלָיוand its bars,וּבְרִיחָיוand a thousandוְאֶלֶףcubitsאַמָּהof the wall,בַּחוֹמָהas far asעַדthe DungהָשֲׁפוֹתGate.שַׁעַר
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “gay” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearsHanun
Hanun, the name of several men. The best known is the king of the Ammonites who humiliated David's envoys (2 Samuel 10); two others helped rebuild the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:13, 30). It means "favored".
Where else “chanun” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearsZanoah
Zanoah: the name of two towns of Judah, one in the Shephelah and one in the hill country.
Where else “zanoach” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “hechezik” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vanu” appearsappoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “yaamidu” appearsdoor
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “daltotay” appearsbolt, lock
Bolt, lock: the piece that closes a door.
Where else “manulay” appearsbolt
The piece that locks a door shut.
Where else “verichay” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearscubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appearsash heap
Ash heap, dunghill: the place outside a city where rubbish and ashes are thrown.
Where else “shafot” appears12And next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
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14And the Dung Gate Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired; he built it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.
