And whatוַאֲשֶׁרwasהָיָהpreparedנַעֲשֶׂהforלְoneאֶחָדdayיוֹםwasoneאֶחָדox,שׁוֹרsixשֵׁשׁchoiceבְּרֻרוֹתsheep,צֹאןand birdsוְצִפֳּרִיםwere preparedנַעֲשׂוּfor me;לִיand once everyוּבֵיןtenעֲשֶׂרֶתdaysיָמִיםall kindsבְּכָלof wineיַיִןin abundance.לְהַרְבֵּהYet withוְעִםthisזֶהI did notלֹאseekבִקַּשְׁתִּיthe breadלֶחֶםof the governor,הַפֶּחָהbecauseכִּיthe servitudeהָעֲבֹדָהwas heavyכָבְדָהonעַלthisהַזֶּהpeople.הָעָם
Nehemiah 5:18
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 5:18, word by word
- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- preparedנַעֲשֶׂהnaase
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “naase” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- oxשׁוֹרshor
ox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appears- sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- choiceבְּרֻרוֹתberurot
choose
To set apart the best for a task, as clean grain is set apart.
Where else “berurot” appears- sheepצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and birdsצִפֳּרִיםtsiporim
bird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsiporim” appears- tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret
ten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appears- of wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- in abundanceהַרְבֵּהharbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appears- seekבִקַּשְׁתִּיvikashti
try to get
To try to get something.
Where else “vikashti” appears- the breadלֶחֶםlechem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lechem” appears- of the governorפֶּחָהpecha
governor
Governor: one who rules a province or district in the name of the king. A frequent word in the books of the Persian period.
Where else “pecha” appears- the servitudeעֲבֹדָהavoda
bondage
Work imposed by another, or the hard burden of one who does it as a slave.
Where else “avoda” appears- was heavyכָבְדָהchavda
be heavy
To weigh much, like a burden.
Where else “chavda” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
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.
18 · This verse (above)
19Remember me, my Elohim, for good, for all that I have done for this people.