Nehemiah 3:26

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out."

Word-by-Word Analysis

עוֹד

ʻôwd

H5750

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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the

נָתִין

Nâthîyn

H5411

the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty)

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יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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in

עֹפֶל

ʻÔphel

H6077

Ophel, a ridge in Jerusalem

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unto the

מָקוֹם

mâqôwm

H4725

properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

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over

קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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the

מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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שַׁעַר

shaʻar

H8179

an opening, i.e. door or gate

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דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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the

קָדִים

qâdîym

H6921

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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and the

מִגְדָּל

migdâl

H4026

a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers

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that

שָׁכַב

shâkab

H7901

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

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out

Key Terms in This Verse

Ophel H6077

עֹפֶל ʻÔphel

Ophel, a ridge in Jerusalem

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Nethinims H5411

נָתִין Nâthîyn

the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty)

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tower H4026

מִגְדָּל migdâl

a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers

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lieth H7901

שָׁכַב shâkab

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

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east H6921

קָדִים qâdîym

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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Moreover H5750

עוֹד ʻôwd

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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dwelt H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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gate H8179

שַׁעַר shaʻar

an opening, i.e. door or gate

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toward H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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water H4325

מַיִם mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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Cross References

Nehemiah 8:1 cross-reference

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had...

Nehemiah 11:21 cross-reference

But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.

Nehemiah 8:3 cross-reference

And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were a...

Nehemiah 12:37 cross-reference

And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

2 Chronicles 33:14 cross-reference

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great h...

1 Chronicles 9:2 cross-reference

Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

Nehemiah 8:16 cross-reference

So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water...

Nehemiah 3:27 cross-reference

After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

2 Chronicles 27:3 cross-reference

He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

Nehemiah 10:28 cross-reference

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives,...

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