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And on the twenty-fourthוּבְ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָהdayיוֹםof thisלַ הַזֶּהmonthחֹדֶשׁthe sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלgatheredנֶאֶסְפוּwith fastingבְּצוֹםand in sackclothוּבְשַׂקִּיםand with earthוַאֲדָמָהon them.עֲלֵיהֶם
Nehemiah 9:1
Study it in the app“And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel gathered with fasting and in sackcloth and with earth on them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:1, word by word
- And on the twenty-fourthעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- And on the twenty-fourthאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- gatheredנֶאֶסְפוּneesfu
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “neesfu” appears- with fastingצוֹםtsom
fast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appears- and in sackclothשַׂקִּיםsakim
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sakim” appears- and with earthאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears
Translation note
Sackcloth and earth on the head were signs of mourning and of repentance.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And the offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.