Nehemiah 2:3
king ... king <04428> [Let the king.]
Far from wishing ill to my master, I wish him to live for ever.
city <05892> [the city.]
O .......... dejected <01004> [the place.]
Nehemiah 3:10
house <01004> [even.]
Hattush <02407> [Hattush.]
Nehemiah 3:20
Zabbai <02079> [Zabbai. or, Zaccai. earnestly.]
Eliashib <0475> [Eliashib.]
Nehemiah 3:24-25
Binnui <01131> [Binnui.]
another ... from <08145 04060> [another piece.]
That which had been left by Azariah, after he had repaired the wall by his own house. It is probable that some of the principal people were either obliged, or voluntarily offered, to repair those parts of the wall which were opposite, or adjacent, to their own houses. The names of those who repaired the walls are commemorated, because it was an undertaking of piety, virtue, and courage, to restore the holy city.
buttress <04740> [the turning.]
<04428> [the king's.]
court <02691> [by the court.]
Pedaiah <06305> [Pedaiah.]
Parosh <06551> [Parosh.]
Nehemiah 3:29
son ............ son <01121> [the son.]
Shecaniah <07935> [Shechaniah.]
East Gate <08179 04217> [the east gate.]
Nehemiah 3:31
goldsmiths <06885> [the goldsmith's.]
room above ... corner <06438 05944> [going up of the corner. or, corner-chamber.]
Nehemiah 5:11
return <07725> [Restore.]
fields <07704> [their lands.]
interest <03967> [the hundredth.]
This was probably the rate of interest which they obliged their poor debtors to pay each month, which would amount to about 12 per cent. Another author states that this is the lowest rate of interest in Syria: the usual rate is 20; and it is sometimes as high as 30 per cent.
Nehemiah 7:61
Tel Harsha <08521> [Tel-haresha.]
The first of these variations only exists in the translation; the original being uniformly [Tˆl Charshƒ <\\See definition 08521\\>,] {Tel-harsha:} the latter simply arises from the insertion of a [Vƒv,] {wav;} being written ['Addƒn <\\See definition 0135\\>,] {Addan,} in the parallel passage, and ['Add“wn <\\See definition 0114\\>,] {Addon,} here.
[Tel-harsa, Addan. seed. or, pedigree.]
Nehemiah 10:35
Nehemiah 11:11
Seraiah <08304> [Seraiah.]
Seraiah probably had also the name of Azariah.
[Azariah.]
supervisor <05057> [the ruler.]
He had the command over all secular matters; as the high priest had over all those which were spiritual.
Nehemiah 12:37
Fountain Gate ............................... Gate <08179 05869> [the fountain gate.]
steps <04609> [the stairs.]
Jerusalem was built on very uneven ground, some hills being enclosed within the walls, there was a necessity, therefore, for steps, by which to ascend and descend; probably similar to what is seen in the city of Bristol.
Gate .............................. Water Gate <08179 04325> [water gate.]
Nehemiah 13:7
Then ... discovered <0995> [understood.]
done ..... supplying <06213> [in preparing.]
Nehemiah 13:14
remember ....... God .................. God <02142 0430> [Remember me.]
wipe out <04229> [wipe not.]
If thou wert strict to mark what is done amiss, even my good deeds must be wiped out: but, Lord, remember me in thy mercy, and let my upright conduct be acceptable to Thee! By some, Nehemiah has been thought to deal too much with God on the principle of merit. That he wished God to remember him for good is sufficiently evident, and who does not wish the same? But that he expected heaven for his good deeds does not appear; for it is perfectly clear that he expected nothing from God but through the greatness of his mercy.
kindness ..... done <02617 06213> [good deeds. Heb. kindnesses. house.]
services <04929> [offices. or, observations.]
