Nehemiah

Nehemiah 13:5–6

⁵and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

⁶While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon^b in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

Footnotes

b 13:6 Artaxerxes king of Persia is identified here as the king of Babylon because Persia had conquered the Babylonian Empire.

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Nehemiah 13:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and had prepared	וַיַּ֨עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
for	ל֜וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
a large	גְדוֹלָ֗ה	ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H1419 great
room	לִשְׁכָּ֣ה	liš·kāh	Noun - feminine singular	H3957 room, chamber, hall, cell, lishka
where	וְשָׁ֣ם	wə·šām	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H8033 there, thither
they had previously	לְפָנִ֟ים	lə·p̄ā·nîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H6440 face, before
stored	נֹ֠תְנִים	nō·ṯə·nîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5414 give, put, set
the grain offerings	הַמִּנְחָ֨ה	ham·min·ḥāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4503 gift, tribute, offering
the frankincense	הַלְּבוֹנָ֜ה	hal·lə·ḇō·w·nāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H3828 frankincense
the	וְהַכֵּלִ֗ים	wə·hak·kê·lîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3627 article, utensil, vessel
and the tithes	וּמַעְשַׂ֤ר	ū·ma‘·śar	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4643 tenth part, tithe
of grain	הַדָּגָן֙	had·dā·ḡān	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1715 corn, grain
new wine	הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ	hat·tî·rō·wōš	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H8492 must, fresh or new wine
and oil	וְהַיִּצְהָ֔ר	wə·hay·yiṣ·hār	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3323 fresh oil
prescribed	מִצְוַת֙	miṣ·waṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H4687 commandment
for the Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֔ם	hal·wî·yim	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3881 Levite
singers	וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים	wə·ham·šō·rə·rîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H7891 sing
and gatekeepers	וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים	wə·haš·šō·‘ă·rîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H7778 porter
along with the contributions	וּתְרוּמַ֖ת	ū·ṯə·rū·maṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8641 contribution, offering
for the priests	הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃	hak·kō·hă·nîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest

Nehemiah 13:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
While all	וּבְכָל־	ū·ḇə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
this	זֶ֕ה	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
was happening	הָיִ֖יתִי	hā·yî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
I was not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
in Jerusalem	בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
because	כִּ֡י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I had returned	בָּ֣אתִי	bā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Artaxerxes	לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא	lə·’ar·taḥ·šast	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H783 Artaxerxes
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Babylon	בָּבֶל֙	bā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
in the thirty-second	שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים	šə·lō·šîm	Number - common plural	H7970 thirty
year	בִּשְׁנַת֩	biš·naṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8141 year
of his reign	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Some time later	וּלְקֵ֥ץ	ū·lə·qêṣ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7093 end
I obtained leave	נִשְׁאַ֥לְתִּי	niš·’al·tî	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7592 ask, inquire
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the king	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king

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