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So weוַאֲנַחְנוּwere doingעֹשִׂיםthe work,בַּמְּלָאכָהand half of themוְחֶצְיָםwere holdingמַחֲזִיקִיםthe spears,בָּרְמָחִיםfromמֵthe risingעֲלוֹתof the dawnהַשַּׁחַרuntilעַדthe coming outצֵאתof the stars.הַכּוֹכָבִים
Nehemiah 4:21
Study it in the app“So we were doing the work, and half of them were holding the spears, from the rising of the dawn until the coming out of the stars.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 4:21, word by word
- were doingעֹשִׂיםosim
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “osim” appears- the workמְּלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears- and half of themחֶצְיָchetsya
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chetsya” appears- were holdingמַחֲזִיקִיםmachazikim
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “machazikim” appears- the spearsרְמָחִיםremachim
spear
Spear, lance.
Where else “remachim” appears- the risingעֲלוֹתalot
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “alot” appears- of the dawnשַּׁחַרshachar
dawn
Dawn, daybreak.
Where else “shachar” appears- the coming outצֵאתtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appears- of the starsכּוֹכָבִיםkochavim
star
Star.
Where else “kochavim” appears
The context
20In the place where you hear the sound of the horn, there gather to us. Our Elohim will fight for us.”
21 · This verse (above)
22Also at that time I said to the people, “Each man and his young man is to spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they may be for us by night a guard, and by day work.”