Ezra 7:6
skilled <04106> [a ready.]
{Sopher mahir} does not merely signify a speedy writer, or an excellent penman, but one eminently skilful in expounding the law, {sophro chochmo,} "a wise scribe," as the Syriac renders.
scribe <05608> [scribe.]
law <08451> [the law.]
given ......... requested <05414 01246> [granted him.]
hand <03027> [according to.]
Ezra 7:9
determined ..... ascent <03246 04609> [began he to go up. Heb. was the foundation of the going up. according to.]
Ezra 5:5
watching <05870> [But the eye.]
not <03809> [that they.]
and ...... sent back <0116 08421> [then they returned.]
Ezra 8:18
good hand <03027 02896> [by the good hand.]
skilled man <07922 0376> [a man of understanding.]
Mahli <04249> [Mahli.]
Sherebiah <08274> [Sherebiah.]
Nehemiah 2:8
wall <02346> [the wall.]
temple .......... house <01004> [the house.]
king's ...................................... king <04428> [the king.]
Nehemiah 2:2
appear <06440> [Why is thy.]
sadness <07455> [sorrow.]
very <03966> [Then I.]
Probably the king spoke as if he had some suspicion that Nehemiah harboured some bad design, and that his face indicated some conceived treachery, or remorse; and, indeed, the words rendered sad, and sorrow of heart, might be rendered evil, and wickedness of heart.
Nehemiah 4:17-18
carrying loads <05447 05375> [bare burdens.]
one ........ other <0259> [every one.]
That is, he had his arms at hand; and was as fully prepared to fight as to work. The builders could not possibly have made any progress, if they had literally held a weapon in one of their hands; but the expression is evidently figurative, implying that every man was a much a soldier as a builder.
one ........ other <0259> [with one.]
sides <04975> [by his side. Heb. on his loins. he that sounded.]
