And allוַ כָלthe peopleהָעָםwentיֵּלְכוּto eatלֶאֱכֹלand to drinkוְלִשְׁתּוֹתand to sendוּלְשַׁלַּחportionsמָנוֹתand to makeוְלַעֲשׂוֹתgreatגְדוֹלָהrejoicing,שִׂמְחָהbecauseכִּיthey had understoodהֵבִינוּthe wordsבַּדְּבָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרthey had made knownהוֹדִיעוּto them.לָהֶם
Nehemiah 8:12
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 8:12, word by word
- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- to eatאֱכֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- and to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- and to sendשַׁלַּחshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appears- portionsמָנוֹתmanot
portion
Portion, the share that falls to someone.
Where else “manot” appears- and to makeעֲשׂוֹתasot
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asot” appears- greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- rejoicingשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears- they had understoodהֵבִינוּhevinu
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “hevinu” appears- the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- they had made knownהוֹדִיעוּhodiu
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “hodiu” appears
The context
11And the Levites were quieting all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; and do not be grieved.”
12 · This verse (above)
13And on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites gathered to Ezra the scribe, to consider the words of the law.