Nehemiah 8:12

“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.”

Nehemiah 8:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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After hearing the law the people weep, and Nehemiah sends them to eat and share with joyJoy and thanks

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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.

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