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Alsoוְגַםin the workבִּמְלֶאכֶתof thisהַזֹּאתwallהַחוֹמָהI held firm,הֶחֱזַקְתִּיandוְa fieldשָׂדֶהwe did notלֹאbuy;קָנִינוּand allוְכָלmy young menנְעָרַיweregatheredקְבוּצִיםthereשָׁםforעַלthe work.הַמְּלָאכָה
Nehemiah 5:16
Study it in the app“Also in the work of this wall I held firm, and a field we did not buy; and all my young men were gathered there for the work.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 5:16, word by word
- in the workמְלֶאכֶתmelechet
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melechet” appears- wallחוֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- I held firmהֶחֱזַקְתִּיhechezakti
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hechezakti” appears- a fieldשָׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears- buyקָנִינוּkaninu
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kaninu” appears- my young menנְעָרַneara
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “neara” appears- gatheredקְבוּצִיםkevutsim
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “kevutsim” appears
The context
15But the former governors who were before me burdened the people and took from them for bread and wine, besides, forty shekels of silver; even their young men dominated the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of Elohim.
16 · This verse (above)
17And the Jews and the officials, a hundred and fifty men, and those who came to us from the nations that are around us, were at my table.