Nehemiah 2:17
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
חוֹמָה
the wall of
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חוֹמָה
Wall, surrounding structure. Chomah. Your walls are continually before Me. God sees every boundary in your life and is always aware of what surrounds you.
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רָאָה
are seeing
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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עוֹד
again
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עוֹד
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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יָצַת
they have been burned
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יָצַת
to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate
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חֶרְפָּה
a reproach
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חֶרְפָּה
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
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חָרֵב
is desolate
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חָרֵב
parched or ruined
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