Study it in the app“And 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.”
And on the secondוּבַ הַשֵּׁנִיdayיּוֹםthe headsרָאשֵׁיof the fathers’ housesהָאָבוֹתof allלְכָלthe people,הָעָםthe priests,הַכֹּהֲנִיםand the LevitesוְהַלְוִיִּםgatheredנֶאֶסְפוּtoאֶלEzraעֶזְרָאthe scribe,הַסֹּפֵרto considerוּלְהַשְׂכִּילthe wordsאֶל דִּבְרֵיof the law.הַתּוֹרָה
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearschief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appearshead of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avot” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “neesfu” appearsEzra
Ezra: a priest and scribe, a descendant of Aaron, who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem to teach the law. Also another man of the same name in Nehemiah. The name means "help".
Where else “ezra” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appearsact wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “haskil” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “tora” appears12And 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14And they found written in the law that YHWH had commanded by the hand of Moses that the sons of Israel should live in booths during the feast in the seventh month,
