Nehemiah 12:43

Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data

"Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Also that

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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they

עָלָה

ʻâlâh

H5927

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

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גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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זֶבַח

zebach

H2077

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

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and

שָׂמַח

sâmach

H8055

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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for

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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had

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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them

שָׂמַח

sâmach

H8055

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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with

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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שִׂמְחָה

simchâh

H8057

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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the

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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also and the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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שָׂמַח

sâmach

H8055

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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so that the

שִׂמְחָה

simchâh

H8057

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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of

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

Yᵉrûwshâlaim

H3389

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

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was

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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מֶרְחָק

merchâq

H4801

remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar

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off

Key Terms in This Verse

rejoiced H8055

שָׂמַח sâmach

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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rejoiced H8055

שָׂמַח sâmach

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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afar H4801

מֶרְחָק merchâq

remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar

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sacrifices H2077

זֶבַח zebach

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

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wives H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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offered H5927

עָלָה ʻâlâh

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

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joy H8057

שִׂמְחָה simchâh

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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joy H8057

שִׂמְחָה simchâh

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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rejoice H8055

שָׂמַח sâmach

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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heard H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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Cross References

Psalm 92:4 cross-reference

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

Ezra 3:13 cross-reference

So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

Jeremiah 31:13 cross-reference

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Psalm 28:7 cross-reference

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

2 Chronicles 7:10 cross-reference

And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to I...

Job 34:29 cross-reference

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

Isaiah 61:3 cross-reference

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteou...

Numbers 10:10 cross-reference

Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offeri...

Jeremiah 33:11 cross-reference

The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy en...

Matthew 21:9 cross-reference

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

James 5:13 cross-reference

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

John 16:22 cross-reference

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

2 Chronicles 20:27 cross-reference

Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

1 Samuel 4:5 cross-reference

And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

Matthew 21:15 cross-reference

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,

2 Chronicles 20:13 cross-reference

And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

Ephesians 5:19 cross-reference

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Psalm 27:6 cross-reference

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

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