And onוְעַלMountהַרSinaiסִינַיyou came down,יָרַדְתָּand spokeוְדַבֵּרwith themעִמָּהֶםfrom the heavens,מִשָּׁמָיִםand gaveוַתִּתֵּןthemלָהֶםrightיְשָׁרִיםrulesמִשְׁפָּטִיםand instructionsוְתוֹרוֹתof truth,אֱמֶתgoodטוֹבִיםstatutesחֻקִּיםand commandments.וּמִצְוֺת
Nehemiah 9:13
Study it in the app“And on Mount Sinai you came down, and spoke with them from the heavens, and gave them right rules and instructions of truth, good statutes and commandments.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:13, word by word
- Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Sinaiסִינַיsinay
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” appears- you came downיָרַדְתָּyaradta
come down
God comes down to see or act.
Where else “yaradta” appears- and spokeדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- from the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- and gaveתִּתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- rightיְשָׁרִיםyesharim
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yesharim” appears- rulesמִשְׁפָּטִיםmishpatim
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatim” appears- and instructionsתוֹרוֹתtorot
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torot” appears- of truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- goodטוֹבִיםtovim
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovim” appears- statutesחֻקִּיםchukim
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukim” appears- and commandmentsמִצְוֺתmitsvot
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” appears
Places in this verse
Sinai ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
A mountain in the wilderness; which one it was is not known for certain, and its location is disputed.
There God spoke with Moses and gave the law to Israel (Exod 19:20; 24:16).
The context
12And with a pillar of cloud you led them by day, and with a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should go.
13 · This verse (above)
14And your holy Sabbath you made known to them, and commandments and statutes and a law you commanded them by the hand of Moses your servant.