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Now the cityוְהָעִירwaswideרַחֲבַתin spaceיָדַיִםand large,וּגְדוֹלָהbut the peopleוְהָעָםwerefewמְעַטwithin it,בְּתוֹכָהּand there were noוְאֵיןhousesבָּתִּיםbuilt.בְּנוּיִם
Nehemiah 7:4
Study it in the app“Now the city was wide in space and large, but the people were few within it, and there were no houses built.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 7:4, word by word
- Now the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- wideרַחֲבַתrachavat
broad, wide
Broad, wide, roomy. "Broad on both hands": spacious on every side.
Where else “rachavat” appears- in spaceיָדַיִםyadayim
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadayim” appears- and largeגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- but the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- fewמְעַטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears- within itתוֹכָtocha
inside
The inside of a place or an enclosed space.
Where else “tocha” appears- housesבָּתִּיםbatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “batim” appears- builtבְּנוּיִםbenuyim
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “benuyim” appears
The context
3And I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot; and while they are standing, let them shut the doors and bar them; and appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his guard and each in front of his house.”
4 · This verse (above)
5Then my Elohim put it into my heart, and I gathered the nobles, the officials, and the people to be registered by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it: