Nehemiah 8:14

“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,”

Nehemiah 8:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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had commandedצִוָּהtsiva

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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by the handיַדyad

through

Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.

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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).

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the sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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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.

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should liveיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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in boothsסֻּכּוֹתsukot

booth

A cover of branches, as at the feast.

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during the feastחָגchag

festival

Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.

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in the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii

seventh

Seventh.

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monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

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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.”

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