Nehemiah 12:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֵעַ֣ל לְשַֽׁעַר־אֶ֠פְרַיִם וְעַל־שַׁ֨עַר הַיְשָׁנָ֜ה וְעַל־שַׁ֣עַר הַדָּגִ֗ים וּמִגְדַּ֤ל חֲנַנְאֵל֙ וּמִגְדַּ֣ל הַמֵּאָ֔ה וְעַ֖ד שַׁ֣עַר הַצֹּ֑אן וְעָ֣מְד֔וּ בְּשַׁ֖עַר הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃

Transliteration

û-mēʿal to-šaʿar-ʾep̄rayim wə-ʿal-šaʿar the-yəšānāh wə-ʿal-šaʿar the-dāgîm û-migdal ḥănanʾēl û-migdal the-mēʾāh wə-ʿad šaʿar the-ṣōʾn wə-ʿāmədû in-šaʿar the-maṭṭārāh

Grammar Details

*û-mēʿal*: conjunction + preposition - and from above
*šaʿar*: masculine singular construct - gate of
*ʾep̄rayim*: proper name - Ephraim
*wə-ʿal*: conjunction + preposition - and upon/at
*yəšānāh*: feminine singular adjective - old
*dāgîm*: masculine plural noun - fish
*û-migdal*: conjunction + masculine singular construct - and tower of
*ḥănanʾēl*: proper name - Hananel
*mēʾāh*: feminine singular noun - hundred
*wə-ʿad*: conjunction + preposition - and unto
*ṣōʾn*: collective noun - sheep/flock
*wə-ʿāmədû*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person plural - and they stood
*maṭṭārāh*: feminine singular noun - guard/prison

Word Meanings

*šaʿar*-*ʾep̄rayim*: Gate of Ephraim/Ephraim Gate
*šaʿar* the-*yəšānāh*: Old Gate/Ancient Gate
*šaʿar* the-*dāgîm*: Fish Gate
*migdal* *ḥănanʾēl*: Tower of Hananel/Hananel's Tower
*migdal* the-*mēʾāh*: Tower of the Hundred/Hundred Tower
*šaʿar* the-*ṣōʾn*: Sheep Gate/Flock Gate
*šaʿar* the-*maṭṭārāh*: Prison Gate/Guard Gate/Watch Gate

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Referenced Verses

Neh 3:1 : 1 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 Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.
Neh 3:3 : 3 And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.
Neh 3:6 : 6 And the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.
Neh 8:16 : 16 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 broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.
Neh 3:25 : 25 Palal the son of Uzai [repaired] over against the turning [of the wall], and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh [repaired].
2 Kgs 14:13 : 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Neh 3:31-32 : 31 After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths unto the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner. 32 And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
Jer 31:38 : 38 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner.
Jer 32:2 : 2 Now at that time the king of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.
Zeph 1:10 : 10 And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
John 5:2 : 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep [gate] a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

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