Nehemiah 9:4

“And there stood up on the step of the Levites Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to YHWH their Elohim.”

Nehemiah 9:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nehemiah 9:4, word by word

And there stood upיָּקָםyakam

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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the stepמַעֲלֵהmaale

ascent, rise

Ascent, a slope by which one goes up; also a raised place.

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of the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

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Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַyeshua

Jeshua

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."

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Baniבָנִיvani

Bani

Bani, the name of several men: a Gadite, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:36), and several Levites and heads of families in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah.

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Kadmielקַדְמִיאֵלkadmiel

Kadmiel

Kadmiel: the name of a Levite who returned with Zerubbabel and helped in the work of the house of God.

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Shebaniahשְׁבַנְיָהshevanya

Shebaniah

Shebaniah: the name of several Israelites, priests and Levites.

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Bunniבֻּנִּיbuni

Bunni

Bunni: the name of Levites of Nehemiah's time and of one of the heads of the people.

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Sherebiahשֵׁרֵבְיָהsherevya

Sherebiah

Sherebiah: a Levite of the sons of Mahli who joined Ezra; later he helped to explain the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:7).

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and Chenaniכְנָנִיchenani

Chenani

Chenani: the name of one of the Levites who cried out to God in the great prayer of Nehemiah 9.

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and they cried outיִּזְעֲקוּyizaku

cry out

To shout for help, above all to YHWH.

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with a loudגָּדוֹלgadol

loud

Very intense: a mighty cry, great fear.

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voiceקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

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.

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their Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

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

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The context

3And they stood up in their place and read in the book of the law of YHWH their Elohim a fourth of the day, and for another fourth they were confessing and prostrating themselves before YHWH their Elohim.

4 · This verse (above)

5And the Levites said— Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah— “Stand up, bless YHWH your Elohim from forever to forever.” “And let them bless the name of your glory, exalted above all blessing and praise.

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