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And the Levitesוְהַלְוִיִּםwere quietingמַחְשִׁיםallלְכָלthe people,הָעָםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Be still,הַסּוּforכִּיthe dayהַיּוֹםisholy;קָדֹשׁand do notוְאַלbe grieved.”תֵּעָצֵבוּ
Nehemiah 8:11
Study it in the app“And the Levites were quieting all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; and do not be grieved.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 8:11, word by word
- And the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- were quietingמַחְשִׁיםmachshim
be silent, be still
Be silent, keep still without doing anything.
Where else “machshim” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Be stillהַסּוּhasu
quiet, hush
Make quiet, call for silence.
Where else “hasu” appears- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- holyקָדֹשׁkadosh
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kadosh” appears- be grievedתֵּעָצֵבוּteatsevu
grieve
To feel pain or grief in the heart, or to cause it to someone.
Where else “teatsevu” appears
The context
10And he said to them, “Go, eat rich fatty foods and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to the one for whom nothing is prepared, for holy is the day to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of YHWH is your stronghold.”
11 · This verse (above)
12And all the people went to eat and to drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that they had made known to them.