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And the Jewsוְהַיְּהוּדִיםand the officials,וְהַסְּגָנִיםa hundred and fiftyמֵאָה וַחֲמִשִּׁיםmen,אִישׁand those who cameוְהַבָּאִיםto usאֵלֵינוּfromמִןthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםthatאֲשֶׁרarearound us,סְבִיבֹתֵינוּwereatעַלmy table.שֻׁלְחָנִי
Nehemiah 5:17
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 5:17, word by word
- And the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim
Jew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appears- and the officialsסְּגָנִיםseganim
official, magistrate
Official, magistrate: one who holds a government office under a higher chief. In Ezra and Nehemiah, the authorities of the people together with the leaders.
Where else “seganim” appears- a hundred and fiftyמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- a hundred and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- and those who cameבָּאִיםbaim
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appears- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- around usסְבִיבֹתֵיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears- my tableשֻׁלְחָנִshulchani
meal
The meal: eating at someone's table.
Where else “shulchani” appears
The context
16Also 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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And what was prepared for one day was one ox, six choice sheep, and birds were prepared for me; and once every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet with this I did not seek the bread of the governor, because the servitude was heavy on this people.