Nehemiah 3:10
in Nehemiah 3next to him, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house; and next to him, Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah.
KJV
And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
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This verse in Nehemiah 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the old gate
on Nehemiah 3:6-12
The builders are not builders: a goldsmith and an apothecary repair at verse 8, rulers of half-parts of towns take their sections, and at verse 12 Shallum repairs, HE AND HIS DAUGHTERS, women named into the wall's record. Perfumers and jewelers doing masonry is the chapter's picture of a city where the work outranked the trade. Every fortifying of Jerusalem in this roll is done by amateurs whose names were kept.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They did not think their callings excused them, nor plead that they could not leave their shops to attend the public business, knowing that what they lost would certainly be made up to them by the blessing of God upon their callings. Some ladies are spoken of as helping forward this work-- Shallum and his daughters (
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And next unto him repaired Jedaiah, the son of Harumaph, over against his house,.... That part of the wall which stood right against his house; and to take this part he could not well object to it, and it might be reasonably thought he would take care to repair it well, and make it strong for his own safety: and next unto him repaired Hattush, the son of Hashabniah; but who he was is not known.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
and opposite his house his lot fell to build, for his house was near that place of the wall of the city.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
a second measure Just like the measurement which his friend built before [him], so he also built like [his friend.] a second measure in the building of the wall.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יָדָ֧ם | yadam | hand their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הֶחֱזִ֛יק | hechezik | he repaired | H2388 → | 291 times |
| יְדָיָ֥ה | yedayah | Jedaiah | H3042 → | |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֲרוּמַ֖ף | charumaf | Harumaph | H2739 → | |
| וְנֶ֣גֶד | veneged | and before | H5048 → | 151 times |
| בֵּית֑וֹ ס | beito | own house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יָד֣וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הֶחֱזִ֔יק | hechezik | he repaired | H2388 → | 291 times |
| חַטּ֖וּשׁ | chatush | Hattush | H2407 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֲשַׁבְנְיָֽה׃ | chashavneyah | Hashabneiah | H2813 → |
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
יָדָ֧םhand their
yadamH3027 →1618 times
הֶחֱזִ֛יקhe repaired
hechezikH2388 →291 times
יְדָיָ֥הJedaiah
yedayahH3042 →
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
חֲרוּמַ֖ףHarumaph
charumafH2739 →
וְנֶ֣גֶדand before
venegedH5048 →151 times
בֵּית֑וֹ סown house his
beitoH1004 →2046 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
יָד֣וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
הֶחֱזִ֔יקhe repaired
hechezikH2388 →291 times
חַטּ֖וּשׁHattush
chatushH2407 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
חֲשַׁבְנְיָֽה׃Hashabneiah
chashavneyahH2813 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nehemiah 10:4Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
it leads to
- Nehemiah 12:2
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
- Nehemiah 12:14
of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
- Nehemiah 12:2
Through
Nehemiah 3:23Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 3:29–30
Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
- Nehemiah 8:4
Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum,…
- Nehemiah 10:2
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
- Nehemiah 8:7
The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
- Nehemiah 3:29–30
Where this verse is studied
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About Nehemiah
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.