Study it in the app“And 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.”
And allוַ כָלthe assembly,הַקָּהָלthose who had returnedהַשָּׁבִיםfromמִןthe captivity,הַשְּׁבִיmadeיַּעֲשׂוּboothsסֻכּוֹתand livedוַיֵּשְׁבוּin the booths;בַסֻּכּוֹתforכִּיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhad notלֹאdoneעָשׂוּsoכֵּןfromמִthe daysימֵיof Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַsonבִּןof Nunנוּןuntilעַדthatהַהוּאday.הַיּוֹםAnd there wasוַתְּהִיveryמְאֹדgreatגְּדוֹלָהrejoicing.שִׂמְחָה
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavim” appearscaptive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “yaasu” appearsbooth
A cover of branches, as at the feast.
Where else “sukot” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
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” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearsJeshua
Jeshua: name of several Israelites; above all the high priest who returned with Zerubbabel, also a priest head of the ninth division, Levites and others; also a town of Judah. It is a late form of the name Joshua and means "YHWH saves"; from it comes the name "Jesus."
Where else “yeshua” appearsNun
Nun, the father of Joshua.
Where else “nun” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tehi” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsjoy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears“Jeshua son of Nun” is Joshua; here his name is in the short form that was used after the exile.
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And he read in the book of the law of Elohim day after day, from the first day until the last day. And they celebrated the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.
