And they foundוַיִּמְצְאוּwrittenכָּתוּבin the lawבַּתּוֹרָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהby the handבְּיַדof Mosesמֹשֶׁהthatאֲשֶׁרthe sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלshould liveיֵשְׁבוּin boothsבַּסֻּכּוֹתduring the feastבֶּחָגin the seventhבַּ הַשְּׁבִיעִיmonth,חֹדֶשׁ
Nehemiah 8:14
Study it in the app“And 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 8:14, word by word
- And they foundיִּמְצְאוּyimtsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsu” appears- writtenכָּתוּבkatuv
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katuv” appears- in the lawתּוֹרָהtora
law
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “tora” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- should liveיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- in boothsסֻּכּוֹתsukot
booth
A cover of branches, as at the feast.
Where else “sukot” appears- during the feastחָגchag
festival
Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.
Where else “chag” appears- in the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii
seventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears
The context
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15and that they should make it heard and pass a proclamation through all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, and branches of oil tree, and branches of myrtle, and branches of palm, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”