Nehemiah 13:19
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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.”
מַשָּׂא
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
שַׁעַר
the gates of
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שַׁעַר
Gate, entrance, city gate. Shaar. Enter His gates with thanksgiving. Come to God ready to engage not just observe.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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פָּתַח
people will open/ them
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פָּתַח
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
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עָמַד
I stationed
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עָמַד
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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צָלַל
they became dark
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צָלַל
to shade, as twilight or an opaque object
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