Nehemiah 7

Nehemiah establishes trustworthy gatekeepers and sets restricted times for the gates to be closed, while also reviewing family records of those who returned from exile to identify potential infiltrators.[2] The chapter focuses on guarding the walls, the priesthood, and re-furnishing the Temple, establishing safeguards for Jerusalem's security and spiritual integrity.[2]

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ו/יאמר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vymr and he said and he said and he said HC/Vqw3ms וָ/אֹמַ֣ר 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤓 vaomar and I said and I said and I said HC/Vqw1cs לָ/הֶ֗ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem to them to them HR/Sp3mp לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn יִפָּֽתְח֞וּ 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇𐤅 yipatechu be opened they will be opened they will be opened HVNi3mp שַׁעֲרֵ֤י 𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤉 shaarey gates of gates of gates of HNcmpc יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam HNp עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad until up to until HR חֹ֣ם 𐤇𐤌 chom is hot heat of heat of HVqc הַ/שֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ 𐤄/𐤔𐤌𐤔 hashemesh the sun the sun the sun HTd/Ncbsa וְ/עַ֨ד 𐤅/𐤏𐤃 vead and until and up to and until HC/R הֵ֥ם 𐤄𐤌 hem they they they HPp3mp עֹמְדִ֛ים 𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤌 omedim ima (Bemba) are standing standing ones standing ones HVqrmpa יָגִ֥יפוּ 𐤉𐤂𐤉𐤐𐤅 yagifu let them shut they will enclose they will shut HVhi3mp הַ/דְּלָת֖וֹת 𐤄/𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤅𐤕 hadelatot the doors the hanging door-panels the hanging door-panels HTd/Ncfpa וֶ/אֱחֹ֑זוּ 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤅 veechozu and bar them seize! seize HC/Vqv2mp וְ/הַעֲמֵ֗יד 𐤅/𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤃 vehaameyd ima (Bemba) and appoint and to cause to stand and to cause to stand HC/Vha מִשְׁמְרוֹת֙ 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤕 mishemerot watches of guard-duties of guard-duties of HNcfpc יֹשְׁבֵ֣י 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉 yoshevey inhabitants of dwellers of dwellers of HVqrmpc יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim-2 Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam HNp אִ֚ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish each man man man HNcmsa בְּ/מִשְׁמָר֔/וֹ 𐤁/𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤓/𐤅 bemishemaro in his watch in his guard-duty in his guard-duty HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms וְ/אִ֖ישׁ 𐤅/𐤀𐤉𐤔 veish and each man and a man and a man HC/Ncmsa נֶ֥גֶד 𐤍𐤂𐤃 neged in front of in front of in front of HR בֵּיתֽ/וֹ 𐤁𐤉𐤕/𐤅 beyto his house his built-house his built-house HNcmsc/Sp3ms
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וַ/יִּתֵּ֤ן 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤍 vayiten and he gave and he gave and he gave HC/Vqw3ms אֱלֹהַ/י֙ 𐤀𐤋𐤄/𐤉 elohay Mulimu (Lozi) my God my mighty ones my Elohim HNcmpc/Sp1cs אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward to HR לִבִּ֔/י 𐤋𐤁/𐤉 libi my heart my inner core my heart HNcmsc/Sp1cs וָ/אֶקְבְּצָ֞/ה 𐤅/𐤀𐤒𐤁𐤑/𐤄 vaeqebetsah and I gathered them and I gathered together and I gathered together HC/Vqw1cs/Sh אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et direct object marker object-marker [·] HTo הַ/חֹרִ֧ים 𐤄/𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤌 hachorim the nobles the shining ones the nobles HTd/Ncmpa וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and and object-marker [·] HC/To הַ/סְּגָנִ֛ים 𐤄/𐤎𐤂𐤍𐤉𐤌 haseganim the rulers the provincial governors the provincial governors HTd/Ncmpa וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet-2 and and object-marker [·] HC/To הָ/עָ֖ם 𐤄/𐤏𐤌 haam the people the gathered people the people HTd/Ncmsa לְ/הִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ 𐤋/𐤄𐤕𐤉𐤇𐤔 lehiteyaches to be enrolled by genealogy to register oneself by lineage to be enrolled by genealogy HR/Vtc וָֽ/אֶמְצָ֗א 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤑𐤀 vaemetsa and I found and I found and I found HC/Vqw1cs סֵ֤פֶר 𐤎𐤐𐤓 sefer a book written record of book of HNcmsc הַ/יַּ֨חַשׂ֙ 𐤄/𐤉𐤇𐤔 hayachas of the genealogy the lineage register of the genealogy HTd/Ncmsa הָ/עוֹלִ֣ים 𐤄/𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤉𐤌 haolim Aleya (Bemba) of those who came up the ascending ones the ones going up HTd/Vqrmpa בָּ/רִאשׁוֹנָ֔ה 𐤁/𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤍𐤄 barishonah at the first in the first (feminine) in the first HRd/Aafsa וָ/אֶמְצָ֖א 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤑𐤀 vaemetsa-2 and I found and I found and I found HC/Vqw1cs כָּת֥וּב 𐤊𐤕𐤅𐤁 katuv written written written HVqsmsa בּֽ/וֹ 𐤁/𐤅 bo in it in it HR/Sp3ms
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אֵ֣לֶּה 𐤀𐤋𐤄 eleh These these ones these ones HPdxcp בְּנֵ֣י 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) children of sons of sons of HNcmpc הַ/מְּדִינָ֗ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍𐤄 hamedinah the province the governed province the governed province HTd/Ncfsa הָ/עֹלִים֙ 𐤄/𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤌 haolim Aleya (Bemba) who came up the ascending ones the ones going up HTd/Vqrmpa מִ/שְּׁבִ֣י 𐤌/𐤔𐤁𐤉 mishevi Shavi (Shona) from the captivity from captivity from captivity HR/Ncbsc הַ/גּוֹלָ֔ה 𐤄/𐤂𐤅𐤋𐤄 hagolah of the exiles the exile-community the exile-community HTd/Ncfsa אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher whom that-which that which HTr הֶגְלָ֔ה 𐤄𐤂𐤋𐤄 hegelah had carried away he exiled he exiled HVhp3ms נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר 𐤍𐤁𐤅𐤊𐤃𐤍𐤑𐤓 nevukhadenetsar Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar Nevukhadenetsar HNp מֶ֣לֶךְ 𐤌𐤋𐤊 melekhe king king of king of HNcmsc בָּבֶ֑ל 𐤁𐤁𐤋 bavel of Babylon Babel Bavel HNp וַ/יָּשׁ֧וּבוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤅 vayashuvu and they returned and they turned back and they returned HC/Vqw3mp לִֽ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם 𐤋/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 lirushalaim to Jerusalem to Foundation-of-Wholeness to Yerushalam HR/Np וְ/לִ/יהוּדָ֖ה 𐤅/𐤋/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 velihudah and to Judah and to Yehudah and to Yehudah HC/R/Np אִ֥ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish each man man HNcmsa לְ/עִירֽ/וֹ 𐤋/𐤏𐤉𐤓/𐤅 leiro to his own city to his watchful city to his city HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
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מִ֠/לְּ/בַד 𐤌/𐤋/𐤁𐤃 milevad besides apart-from apart-from HR/R/Ncmsc עַבְדֵי/הֶ֤ם 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉/𐤄𐤌 avedeyhem their male servants their servants their servants HNcmpc/Sp3mp וְ/אַמְהֹֽתֵי/הֶם֙ 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤄𐤕𐤉/𐤄𐤌 veamehoteyhem and their female servants and their female slaves and their female servants HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp אֵ֔לֶּה 𐤀𐤋𐤄 eleh these these ones these ones HPdxcp שִׁבְעַ֣ת 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 shiveat seven seven (of) seven (of) HAcmsc אֲלָפִ֔ים 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 alafim thousand thousands thousands HAcbpa שְׁלֹ֥שׁ 𐤔𐤋𐤔 shelosh three three three HAcfsa מֵא֖וֹת 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 meot hundred hundreds hundreds HAcbpa שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉𐤌 sheloshim thirty thirty thirty HAcbpa וְ/שִׁבְעָ֑ה 𐤅/𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤄 veshiveah and seven and seven and seven HC/Acmsa וְ/לָ/הֶ֗ם 𐤅/𐤋/𐤄𐤌 velahem and to them and to them HC/R/Sp3mp מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙ 𐤌𐤔𐤓𐤓𐤉𐤌 meshorarim singing men singing-ones singing-ones HVormpa וּ/מְשֹׁ֣רֲר֔וֹת 𐤅/𐤌𐤔𐤓𐤓𐤅𐤕 umeshorarot and singing women and singing women and singing women HC/Vorfpa מָאתַ֖יִם 𐤌𐤀𐤕𐤉𐤌 matayim two hundred two hundred two hundred HAcbda וְ/אַרְבָּעִ֥ים 𐤅/𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤌 vearebaim and forty and forty and forty HC/Acbpa וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה 𐤅/𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤄 vachamishah and five and five and five HC/Acmsa
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וּ/מִ/קְצָת֙ 𐤅/𐤌/𐤒𐤑𐤕 umiqetsat and from some of and from a portion of and from a part of HC/R/Ncfsc רָאשֵׁ֣י 𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤉 rashey heads heads of heads of HNcmpc הָֽ/אָב֔וֹת 𐤄/𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕 haavot the fathers the fathers the fathers HTd/Ncmpa נָתְנ֖וּ 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤅 natenu gave they gave they gave HVqp3cp לַ/מְּלָאכָ֑ה 𐤋/𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤄 lamelakhah to the work for the accomplished task for the skilled work HRd/Ncfsa הַ/תִּרְשָׁ֜תָא 𐤄/𐤕𐤓𐤔𐤕𐤀 hatireshata the Tirshatha the imperial governor the imperial governor HTd/Ncmsa נָתַ֣ן 𐤍𐤕𐤍 natan gave he gave he gave HVqp3ms לָ/אוֹצָ֗ר 𐤋/𐤀𐤅𐤑𐤓 laotsar to the treasury to a storehouse to the treasury HRd/Ncmsa זָהָ֞ב 𐤆𐤄𐤁 zahav dhahabu (Swahili) gold gold gold HNcmsa דַּרְכְּמֹנִ֥ים 𐤃𐤓𐤊𐤌𐤍𐤉𐤌 darekemonim darics Persian silver coins darics HNcmpa אֶ֨לֶף֙ 𐤀𐤋𐤐 elef a thousand thousand-unit thousand-unit HAcbsa מִזְרָק֣וֹת 𐤌𐤆𐤓𐤒𐤅𐤕 mizeraqot basins sprinkling basins basins HNcmpa חֲמִשִּׁ֔ים 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 chamishim fifty fifty fifty HAcbpa כָּתְנוֹת֙ 𐤊𐤕𐤍𐤅𐤕 katenot tunics tunics of tunics HNcfpc כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים 𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 kohanim priests officiating priests priests HNcmpa שְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉𐤌 sheloshim thirty thirty thirty HAcbpa וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ 𐤅/𐤇𐤌𐤔 vachamesh and five and five and five HC/Acfsa מֵאֽוֹת 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 meot hundred hundreds hundreds HAcbpa
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וַ/יֵּשְׁב֣וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 vayeshevu and-they-dwelt and they settled and they dwelt HC/Vqw3mp הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֣ים 𐤄/𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 hakohanim the-priests the officiating-priests the officiating-priests HTd/Ncmpa וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֡ם 𐤅/𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 vehaleviyim and-the-Levites and the Levites and the Leviyim HC/Td/Ngmpa וְ/הַ/שּׁוֹעֲרִים֩ 𐤅/𐤄/𐤔𐤅𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 vehashoarim and-the-gatekeepers and the gate-guards and the gatekeepers HC/Td/Ncmpa וְ/הַ/מְשֹׁרְרִ֨ים 𐤅/𐤄/𐤌𐤔𐤓𐤓𐤉𐤌 vehameshorerim and-the-singers and the singing-ones and the singing-ones HC/Td/Vormpa וּ/מִן 𐤅/𐤌𐤍 umin and-from and from and from HC/R הָ/עָ֧ם 𐤄/𐤏𐤌 haam the-people the gathered people the people HTd/Ncmsa וְ/הַ/נְּתִינִ֛ים 𐤅/𐤄/𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤌 vehanetinim and-the-temple-servants the temple-assigned ones and the temple-servants HC/Td/Ncmpa וְ/כָל 𐤅/𐤊𐤋 vekhal kila (Swahili) and-all and whole of and all of HC/Ncmsc יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp בְּ/עָרֵי/הֶ֑ם 𐤁/𐤏𐤓𐤉/𐤄𐤌 beareyhem in-their-cities in their settlements in their cities HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp וַ/יִּגַּע֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤂𐤏 vayiga and-came and he touched and it reached HC/Vqw3ms הַ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ 𐤄/𐤇𐤃𐤔 hachodesh mwenshi (Bemba) the-month the new-moon the new-moon HTd/Ncmsa הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֔י 𐤄/𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤏𐤉 hashevii the-seventh the seventh the seventh HTd/Aomsa וּ/בְנֵ֥י 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉 uveney Bene (Bemba) and-sons-of and sons of and sons of HC/Ncmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael-2 Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp בְּ/עָרֵי/הֶֽם 𐤁/𐤏𐤓𐤉/𐤄𐤌 beareyhem-2 in-their-cities in their settlements in their cities HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp