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It happenedוַיְהִיthat whenכַּאֲשֶׁרthe wallהַחוֹמָהhad been builtנִבְנְתָהand I had set upוָאַעֲמִידthe doors,הַדְּלָתוֹתthe gatekeepers,וַ הַשּׁוֹעֲרִיםthe singers,וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִיםand the Levitesוְהַלְוִיִּםwere appointed.יִּפָּקְדוּ
Nehemiah 7:1
Study it in the app“It happened that when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were appointed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 7:1, word by word
- It happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the wallחוֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- had been builtנִבְנְתָהnivnta
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “nivnta” appears- and I had set upאַעֲמִידaamid
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “aamid” appears- the doorsדְּלָתוֹתdelatot
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delatot” appears- the gatekeepersשּׁוֹעֲרִיםshoarim
gatekeeper
Gatekeeper: one who guards the gate of a city, a palace or the temple. In Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah it is an office of the Levites.
Where else “shoarim” appears- the singersמְשֹׁרְרִיםmeshorrim
singer
Levites in charge of leading the singing in the house of YHWH, with instruments.
Where else “meshorrim” appears- and the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- were appointedיִּפָּקְדוּyipakdu
appoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “yipakdu” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the leader of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was like a man of truth and feared Elohim more than many.