Nehemiah 4:17
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.]
Nehemiah 7:30
Ramah <07414> [Ramah.]
Nehemiah 7:37
Lod <03850> [Lod.]
[725.]
Nehemiah 7:66
Nehemiah 1:2
Hanani <02607> [Hanani.]
asked <07592> [I asked.]
escaped <06413> [that had escaped.]
Nehemiah 8:2
priest <03548> [priest.]
assembly <06951> [congregation.]
understand .... heard <0995 08085> [could hear with understanding. Heb. understood in hearing.]
first <0259> [the first.]
Nehemiah 5:18
prepared <06213> [Now that.]
This was food sufficient for more than two hundred men. Bp. Pococke says that the bey of Tunis had daily twelve sheep, with fish and fowls, soups, oranges, eggs, onions, boiled rice, etc., etc. His nobles dined with him; after they had done, the servants sat down; and when they had finished, the poor took what was left. Here the bey's twelve sheep are equal to Nehemiah's one ox and six choice sheep; and probably the mode of living between the two was nearly alike. It is still the practice in the East to calculate the expenses of the table, not by the money paid, but by the provisions consumed by the guests.
require <01245> [required.]
work <05656> [because the bondage.]
Nehemiah 8:1
people <05971> [A.M. 3559. B.C. 445. all the people.]
together <0259 0376> [as one man.]
front <06440> [before.]
Ezra <05830> [Ezra.]
bring <0935> [bring.]
Nehemiah 11:1
leaders <08269> [the rulers.]
cast lots <01486 05307> [cast lots.]
Jerusalem certainly had many inhabitants at this time, but not sufficient to preserve the city, which was now encompassed with a wall, the building of which was going on fast. Nehemiah, therefore, obliged one-tenth of the country people to come and dwell in it, that the population might be sufficient for the defence of the city. Some volunteered their services, which was at that time considered a sacrifice to patriotism; as Jerusalem then afforded very few advantages, and was a place of considerable danger: hence "the people blessed them that willingly offered themselves."
one ..... ten <0259 06235> [one of ten.]
holy <06944> [the holy.]
