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Nehemiah 3:1

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Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.	Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.	And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then Eliashib^H475 the high^H1419 priest^H3548 rose up^H6965 with his brethren^H251 the priests^H3548, and they builded^H1129 the sheep^H6629 gate^H8179; they sanctified^H6942 it, and set up^H5975 the doors^H1817 of it; even unto the tower^H4026 of Meah^H3968 they sanctified^H6942 it, unto the tower^H4026 of Hananeel^H2606.

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Original Hebrew

וַיָּקָם אֶלְיָשִׁיב הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדֹול וְאֶחָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים וַיִּבְנוּ אֶת־שַׁעַר הַצֹּאן הֵמָּה קִדְּשׁוּהוּ וַיַּעֲמִידוּ דַּלְתֹתָיו וְעַד־מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה קִדְּשׁוּהוּ עַד מִגְדַּל חֲנַנְאֵל׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יָּ֡קָם	va/i.Ya.kom	H6965	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he arose
אֶלְיָשִׁיב֩	'el.ya.Shiv	H475	HNp	Eliashib
הַ/כֹּהֵ֨ן	ha./ko.Hen	H3548	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ priest
הַ/גָּד֜וֹל	ha./ga.Dol	H1419	HTd/Aamsa	(the)/ great
וְ/אֶחָ֣י/ו	ve./'e.Cha/v	H251	HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	and/ brothers/ his
הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֗ים	ha./ko.ha.Nim	H3548	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ priests
וַ/יִּבְנוּ֙	va/i.yiv.Nu	H1129	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they rebuilt
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שַׁ֣עַר	Sha.'ar	H8179	HNcmsc	(the) gate of
הַ/צֹּ֔אן	ha./Tzon	H6629	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ sheep
הֵ֣מָּה	He.mah	H1992	HPp3mp	they
קִדְּשׁ֔וּ/הוּ	ki.de.Shu./hu	H6942	HVpp3cp/Sp3ms	they consecrated/ it
וַֽ/יַּעֲמִ֖ידוּ	va/i.ya.'a.Mi.du	H5975	HC/Vhw3mp	and/ they set up
דַּלְתֹתָ֑י/ו	dal.to.Ta/v	H1817	HNcfpc/Sp3ms	doors/ its
וְ/עַד	ve./'ad-	H5704	HC/R	and/ to
מִגְדַּ֤ל	mig.Dal	H4026	HNcbsc	(the) tower of
הַ/מֵּאָה֙	ha./me.'Ah	H3968	HTd/Acbsa	the/ hundred
קִדְּשׁ֔וּ/הוּ	ki.de.Shu./hu	H6942	HVpp3cp/Sp3ms	they consecrated/ it
עַ֖ד	'ad	H5704	HR	to
מִגְדַּ֥ל	mig.Dal	H4026	HNcbsc	(the) tower of
חֲנַנְאֵֽל	cha.nan.'El	H2606	HNp	Hananel

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• H475 — אֶלְיָשִׁיב (ʼElyâshîyb, el-yaw-sheeb'): from אֵל and שׁוּב; God will restore; Eljashib, the name of six Israelites; Eliashib.
• H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
• H1419 — גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, gaw-dole'): or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
• H1817 — דֶּלֶת (deleth, deh'-leth): from דָּלָה; something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor; door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).
• H2606 — חֲנַנְאֵל (Chănanʼêl, khan-an-ale'): from חָנַן and אֵל; God has favored; Chananel, probably an Israelite, from whom a tower of Jerusalem was named; Hananeel.
• H3548 — כֹּהֵן (kôhên, ko-hane'): active participle of כָּהַן; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
• H3968 — מֵאָה (Mêʼâh, may-aw'): the same as מֵאָה; Meah, a tower in Jerusalem; Meah.
• H4026 — מִגְדָּל (migdâl, mig-dawl'): also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from גָּדַל; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers; castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
• H5975 — עָמַד (ʻâmad, aw-mad'): a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive); abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
• H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
• H6942 — קָדַשׁ (qâdash, kaw-dash'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally); appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), [idiom] wholly.
• H6965 — קוּם (qûwm, koom): a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
• H8179 — שַׁעַר (shaʻar, shah'-ar): from שָׁעַר in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate; city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Eliashib — Nehemiah 12:10, Nehemiah 13:28
• sanctified it — Deuteronomy 20:5, Nehemiah 12:30, Psalms 30:1, Proverbs 3:6, Proverbs 3:9
• the sheep gate — Nehemiah 12:39, John 5:2
• the tower — Nehemiah 12:39, Jeremiah 31:38, Zechariah 14:10

Reciprocal references (14): Numbers 21:18, Ezra 10:6, Nehemiah 2:8, Nehemiah 3:20, Nehemiah 3:32, Nehemiah 6:1, Nehemiah 7:1, Psalms 147:2, Psalms 147:13, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Isaiah 44:26, Jeremiah 30:18, Daniel 9:25, Micah 7:11

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ELIASHIB, EZER, HANANEEL, JERUSALEM, MEAH, SHEEP GATE, TOWER

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