“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.”
Nehemiah 3:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Nehemiah 3:121 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּ֡קָםwayāqām
and he aroseconjH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
אֶלְיָשִׁיב֩ʾeləyāšiyb
EliashibnounH475
הַ/כֹּהֵ֨ןhakōhēn
the priestparticleH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
הַ/גָּד֜וֹלhagādwōl
greatparticleH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וְ/אֶחָ֣י/וwəʾeḥāyw
and brothers hisconjH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֗יםhakōhăniym
the priestsparticleH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
וַ/יִּבְנוּ֙wayibənw
and they rebuiltconjH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שַׁ֣עַרšaʿar
the gate ofnounH8179
door · gate · port
הַ/צֹּ֔אןhaṣōʾn
the sheepparticleH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
הֵ֣מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
קִדְּשׁ֔וּ/הוּqidəšwhw
they consecrated itverbH6942
bid · consecrate · dedicate · defile ···
וַֽ/יַּעֲמִ֖ידוּwayaʿămiydw
and they set upconjH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
דַּלְתֹתָ֑י/וdalətōtāyw
doors itsnounH1817
gate · leaf · lid
וְ/עַדwəʿad
and toconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מִגְדַּ֤לmigədal
the tower ofnounH4026
flower · tower. Compare the names following
הַ/מֵּאָה֙hamēʾāh
the hundredparticleH3968
קִדְּשׁ֔וּ/הוּqidəšwhw
they consecrated itverbH6942
bid · consecrate · dedicate · defile ···
עַ֖דʿad
topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מִגְדַּ֥לmigədal
the tower ofnounH4026
flower · tower. Compare the names following
חֲנַנְאֵֽלḥănanəʾēl
HananelnounH2606
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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