Study it in the app“And the Fountain Gate Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired; he built it and roofed it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David.”
And the Fountainוְ הָעַיִןGateשַׁעַרShallunשַׁלּוּןthe sonבֶּןof Col-hozeh,כָּל חֹזֶהrulerשַׂרof the districtפֶּלֶךְof Mizpah,הַמִּצְפָּהrepaired;הֶחֱזִיקheהוּאbuilt itיִבְנֶנּוּand roofed itוִיטַלְלֶנּוּand set upוְיַעֲמִידits doors,דַּלְתֹתָיוits locks,מַנְעֻלָיוand its bars,וּבְרִיחָיוand the wallוְ חוֹמַתof the Poolבְּרֵכַתof Shelahהַשֶּׁלַחby the king’sלְ הַמֶּלֶךְgarden,גַןas far asוְעַדthe stairsהַמַּעֲלוֹתthat go downהַיּוֹרְדוֹתfrom the cityמֵעִירof David.דָּוִיד
spring
Literally "eye": a place where water wells up from the ground.
Where else “ayin” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearsShallun
Shallun: the name of the ruler of the district of Mizpah who repaired the Fountain Gate.
Where else “shalun” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsCol-hozeh
Col-hozeh: the name of the father of Shallun and of an ancestor of a man of Judah in Nehemiah 11:5. It means "every seer".
Where else “kal” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsdistrict
A part of a region, under a ruler.
Where else “pelech” appearsMizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” 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 “yivne” appearsroof, cover
To roof: to cover a building with beams and a roof.
Where else “ytalle” appearsappoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “yaamid” 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” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomat” appearspool
Pool: a man-made reservoir of water.
Where else “berechat” appearsShelah, Shiloah
Shelah (Shiloah): the name of a pool and channel of Jerusalem, beside the king's garden; Strong identifies it with Siloam (Isaiah 8:6), whose Hebrew name is almost the same.
Where else “shelach” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsgarden
Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.
Where else “gan” appearsstep
A step or stair of a stairway.
Where else “maalot” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yordot” appearswalled part
The walled part: "the city of David".
Where else “ir” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears“Shelah”: it may be the Pool of Siloam (Isaiah 8:6), whose Hebrew name is similar.
Mizpah ?
Today: possibly Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank
The name of several places; the main one was north of Jerusalem in Benjamin, and its exact site is not certain.
There Samuel gathered Israel, who confessed, “We have sinned against YHWH” (1 Sam 7:5-6), and there he presented Saul as king (1 Sam 10:17-24).
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired as far as opposite the tombs of David, and as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
