So the peopleוַ הָעָםwent outיֵּצְאוּand brought themוַיָּבִיאוּand madeוַיַּעֲשׂוּthemselvesלָהֶםbooths,סֻכּוֹתeachאִישׁonעַלhis roof,גַּגּוֹand in their courtyards,וּבְחַצְרֹתֵיהֶםand in the courtsוּבְחַצְרוֹתof the houseבֵּיתof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםand in the squareוּבִרְחוֹבof the Water Gateשַׁעַר הַמַּיִםand in the squareוּבִרְחוֹבof the Ephraim Gate.שַׁעַר אֶפְרָיִם
Nehemiah 8:16
Study it in the app“So 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 8:16, word by word
- So the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- went outיֵּצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears- and brought themיָּבִיאוּyaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yaviu” appears- and madeיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaasu” appears- boothsסֻכּוֹתsukot
booth
A cover of branches, as at the feast.
Where else “sukot” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- his roofגַּגּgag
roof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gag” appears- and in their courtyardsחַצְרֹתֵיchatsrote
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsrote” appears- of the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and in the squareרְחוֹבrechov
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechov” appears- of the Water Gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- of the Water Gateמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- of the Ephraim Gateאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears
The context
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.”
16 · This verse (above)
17And all the assembly, those who had returned from the captivity, made booths and lived in the booths; for the sons of Israel had not done so from the days of Jeshua son of Nun until that day. And there was very great rejoicing.