and thatוַאֲשֶׁרthey should make it heardיַשְׁמִיעוּand passוְיַעֲבִירוּa proclamationקוֹלthrough allבְּכָלtheir citiesעָרֵיהֶםand in Jerusalem,וּבִירוּשָׁלִַםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Go outצְאוּto the hillsהָהָרand bringוְהָבִיאוּbranchesעֲלֵיof olive,זַיִתand branchesוַעֲלֵיof oil tree,עֵץ שֶׁמֶןand branchesוַעֲלֵיof myrtle,הֲדַסand branchesוַעֲלֵיof palm,תְמָרִיםand branchesוַעֲלֵיof leafyעָבֹתtrees,עֵץto makeלַעֲשֹׂתbooths,סֻכֹּתasכַּit is written.”כָּתוּב
Nehemiah 8:15
Study it in the app“and 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 8:15, word by word
- they should make it heardיַשְׁמִיעוּyashmiu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yashmiu” appears- and passיַעֲבִירוּyaaviru
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “yaaviru” appears- a proclamationקוֹלkol
proclamation
A notice given aloud so that everyone hears it.
Where else “kol” appears- their citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- and in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Go outצְאוּtseu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tseu” appears- to the hillsהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- and bringהָבִיאוּhaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “haviu” appears- branchesעֲלֵיale
leaf
Leaf; foliage.
Where else “ale” appears- of oliveזַיִתzayit
olive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zayit” appears- of oil treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- of oil treeשֶׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- of myrtleהֲדַסhadas
myrtle
Myrtle: a shrub with small, evergreen, fragrant leaves.
Where else “hadas” appears- of palmתְמָרִיםtemarim
palm tree
Palm tree.
Where else “temarim” appears- of leafyעָבֹתavot
leafy
Leafy, thick with branches and leaves intertwined.
Where else “avot” appears- to makeעֲשֹׂתasot
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asot” appears- boothsסֻכֹּתsukot
booth
A cover of branches, as at the feast.
Where else “sukot” appears- it is writtenכָּתוּבkatuv
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katuv” appears
Translation note
“Oil tree”: a tree different from the cultivated olive; it may be the wild olive or another resinous tree.
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
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,
15 · This verse (above)
16So the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each on his roof, and in their courtyards, and in the courts of the house of Elohim, and in the square of the Water Gate and in the square of the Ephraim Gate.