AlsoגַּםatבָּthatהַהִיאtimeעֵתI saidאָמַרְתִּיto the people,לָעָם“Each manאִישׁand his young manוְנַעֲרוֹis to spend the nightיָלִינוּinsideבְּתוֹךְJerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִָםso that they may beוְהָיוּfor usלָנוּby nightהַלַּיְלָהa guard,מִשְׁמָרand by dayוְהַיּוֹםwork.”מְלָאכָה
Nehemiah 4:22
Study it in the app“Also 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 4:22, word by word
- timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- “Each manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- and his young manנַעֲרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears- is to spend the nightיָלִינוּyalinu
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalinu” appears- insideתוֹךְtoch
inside
The inside of a place or an enclosed space.
Where else “toch” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- so that they may beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- by nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- a guardמִשְׁמָרmishmar
watch
The service of watching over a place, with men posted there.
Where else “mishmar” appears- and by dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- workמְלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
21So 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.
22 · This verse (above)
23So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my young men, nor the men of the guard who were behind me— none of us took off our clothes; each had his weapon, even at the water.