Nehemiah 8:16

“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.”

Nehemiah 8:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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went outיֵּצְאוּyetsu

go out

To go out of a place.

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and brought themיָּבִיאוּyaviu

bring

To bring something or someone.

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and madeיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu

make

To build or create something.

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boothsסֻכּוֹתsukot

booth

A cover of branches, as at the feast.

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eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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his roofגַּגּgag

roof, top

Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.

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and in their courtyardsחַצְרֹתֵיchatsrote

court

An enclosed open space, like the temple's.

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of the houseבֵּיתbet

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

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of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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and in the squareרְחוֹבrechov

square

Square: the open space of a town.

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of the Water Gateשַׁעַרshaar

gate

The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.

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of the Water Gateמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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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".

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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.

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