Nehemiah 7:65
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תִּרְשָׁתָא
Tirshâthâʼ
Tirshatha, the title of a Persian deputy or governor
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
אוּרִים
ʼÛwrîym
Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate
תֻּמִּים
Tummîym
perfections, i.e. (techn.) one of the epithets of the objects in the high-priest's breastplate as an emblem of complete Truth
Key Terms in This Verse
תִּרְשָׁתָא Tirshâthâʼ
Tirshatha, the title of a Persian deputy or governor
Study H8660 →תֻּמִּים Tummîym
perfections, i.e. (techn.) one of the epithets of the objects in the high-priest's breastplate as an emblem of complete Truth
Study H8550 →אוּרִים ʼÛwrîym
Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate
Study H224 →עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →כֹּהֵן kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Study H3548 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of...
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. Fo...
Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and ...
And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
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