Study it in the app“And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who made the people understand, said to all the people, “This day is holy to YHWH your Elohim; do not mourn nor weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.”
And Nehemiah,וַ נְחֶמְיָהwho wasהוּאthe governor,הַתִּרְשָׁתָאand Ezraוְעֶזְרָאthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןthe scribe,הַסֹּפֵרand the Levitesוְהַלְוִיִּםwho made the people understand,הַמְּבִינִים הָעָםsaidיֹּאמֶרto allלְכָלthe people,הָעָם“This dayהַיּוֹםisהוּאholyקָדֹשׁto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim;אֱלֹהֵיכֶםdo notאַלmournתִּתְאַבְּלוּnorוְאַלweep.”תִּבְכּוּForכִּיallכָּלthe peopleהָעָםwere weepingבוֹכִיםwhen they heardכְּשָׁמְעָםthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof the law.הַתּוֹרָה
Nehemiah
Nehemiah: the name of several people. The best known is the governor who rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem; also one of those who returned with Zerubbabel and another who repaired a section of the wall. It means "Yah comforts".
Where else “nechemya” appearsgovernor (Tirshatha)
Tirshatha: a Persian title of the governor of the province of Judah. It is said of Nehemiah, and in Ezra 2:63 of the governor of that time.
Where else “tirshata” appearsEzra
Ezra: a priest and scribe, a descendant of Aaron, who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem to teach the law. Also another man of the same name in Nehemiah. The name means "help".
Where else “ezra” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsunderstand
To understand, realize.
Where else “mevinim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsholy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kadosh” appearsYHWH
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.
Where else “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsmourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “titablu” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “tivku” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “tora” appears8And they read in the book, in the law of Elohim, clearly, and gave the sense, and they understood the reading.
9 · This verse (above)
10And he said to them, “Go, eat rich fatty foods and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to the one for whom nothing is prepared, for holy is the day to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of YHWH is your stronghold.”
