Nehemiah 13:19
When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
KJV
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
⋯
Commentary
1 voiceVoices on this verse
loading…Original language & word study
26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֡י | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | ka.'a.Sher | just when | H834 → |
| צָֽלֲלוּ֩ | tza.la.Lu | they became dark | H6751 → |
| שַׁעֲרֵ֨י | sha.'a.Rei | [the] gates of | H8179 → |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם | ye.ru.sha.Lim | Jerusalem | H3389 → |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lif.Nei | <to> before | H6440 → |
| הַשַּׁבָּ֗ת | ha.sha.Bat | the sabbath | H7676 → |
| וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ | va.'o.me.Rah | and I said ! | H559 → |
| וַיִּסָּגְר֣וּ | vai.yi.sa.ge.Ru | and they were closed | H5462 → |
| הַדְּלָת֔וֹת | ha.de.la.Tot | the doors | H1817 → |
| וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה | va.'O.me.Rah | and I said ! | H559 → |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| יִפְתָּח֔וּם | yif.ta.Chum | people will open them | H6605 → |
| עַ֖ד | 'ad | until | H5704 → |
| אַחַ֣ר | 'a.Char | after | H310 → |
| הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת | ha.sha.Bat | the sabbath | H7676 → |
| וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י | u.mi.ne.'a.Rai | and some of servants my | H5288 → |
| הֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙ | he.'e.Mad.ti | I stationed | H5975 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | at | H5921 → |
| הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים | ha.she.'a.Rim | the gates | H8179 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יָב֥וֹא | ya.Vo' | it will come | H935 → |
| מַשָּׂ֖א | ma.Sa' | a load | H4853 → |
| בְּי֥וֹם | be.Yom | on [the] day of | H3117 → |
| הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ | ha.sha.Bat | the sabbath | H7676 → |
The walk
About Nehemiah
