4{
"verseID": "Nehemiah.8.4",
"source": "וֽ͏ַיַּעֲמֹ֞ד עֶזְרָ֣א הַסֹּפֵ֗ר עַֽל־מִגְדַּל־עֵץ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂ֣וּ לַדָּבָר֒ וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד אֶצְל֡וֹ מַתִּתְיָ֡ה וְשֶׁ֡מַע וַ֠עֲנָיָה וְאוּרִיָּ֧ה וְחִלְקִיָּ֛ה וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה עַל־יְמִינ֑וֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאל֗וֹ פְּ֠דָיָה וּמִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל וּמַלְכִּיָּ֛ה וְחָשֻׁ֥ם וְחַשְׁבַּדָּ֖נָה זְכַרְיָ֥ה מְשֻׁלָּֽם׃",
"text": "*wə-yaʿămōd ʿezrāʾ hassōpēr ʿal-migdal-ʿēṣ* which *ʿāśû laddābār wə-yaʿămōd ʾeṣlô mattityâ wə-šema wə-ʿănāyâ wə-ʾûrîyâ wə-ḥilqîyâ ûmaʿăśēyâ ʿal-yəmînô ûmiśśəmōʾlô pədāyâ ûmîšāʾēl ûmalkîyâ wə-ḥāšum wə-ḥašbaddānâ zəkaryâ məšullām*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yaʿămōd*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he stood",
"*ʿezrāʾ*": "proper name - Ezra",
"*hassōpēr*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the scribe",
"*ʿal-migdal-ʿēṣ*": "preposition + construct phrase - on platform of wood",
"*ʿāśû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they made",
"*laddābār*": "preposition + definite noun, masculine singular - for the purpose/matter",
"*ʾeṣlô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - beside him",
"*ʿal-yəmînô*": "preposition + noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - on his right",
"*ûmiśśəmōʾlô*": "conjunction + preposition + noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and on his left"
},
"variants": {
"*migdal-ʿēṣ*": "wooden platform/wooden tower/wooden pulpit",
"*laddābār*": "for the purpose/for the matter/for this occasion"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Nehemiah.8.5",
"source": "וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח עֶזְרָ֤א הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙ לְעֵינֵ֣י כָל־הָעָ֔ם כִּֽי־מֵעַ֥ל כָּל־הָעָ֖ם הָיָ֑ה וּכְפִתְח֖וֹ עָֽמְד֥וּ כָל־הָעָֽם׃",
"text": "*wə-yiptaḥ ʿezrāʾ hassēper ləʿênê* all-*hāʿām kî-mēʿal* all-*hāʿām hāyâ ûkəpitḥô ʿāmədû* all-*hāʿām*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yiptaḥ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he opened",
"*ʿezrāʾ*": "proper name - Ezra",
"*hassēper*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the book/scroll",
"*ləʿênê*": "preposition + construct noun, feminine dual - to eyes of/in sight of",
"*hāʿām*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the people",
"*kî-mēʿal*": "conjunction + preposition - for above",
"*hāyâ*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he was",
"*ûkəpitḥô*": "conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and when he opened it",
"*ʿāmədû*": "qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they stood"
},
"variants": {
"*hassēper*": "the book/the scroll/the document",
"*mēʿal*": "above/over/higher than",
"*ûkəpitḥô*": "and when he opened it/and as he opened it/and upon his opening it"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Nehemiah.8.6",
"source": "וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ עֶזְרָ֔א אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הַגָּד֑וֹל וַיַּֽעֲנ֨וּ כָל־הָעָ֜ם אָמֵ֤ן ׀ אָמֵן֙ בְּמֹ֣עַל יְדֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּקְּד֧וּ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ֛ לַיהוָ֖ה אַפַּ֥יִם אָֽרְצָה׃",
"text": "*wə-yəbārek ʿezrāʾ ʾet-YHWH hāʾĕlōhîm haggādôl wə-yaʿănû* all-*hāʿām ʾāmēn ʾāmēn bəmōʿal yədêhem wə-yiqqədû wə-yištaḥăwû la-YHWH ʾappayim ʾārṣâ*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yəbārek*": "conjunction + piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he blessed",
"*ʿezrāʾ*": "proper name - Ezra",
"*ʾet-YHWH*": "direct object marker + divine name - Yahweh/LORD",
"*hāʾĕlōhîm*": "definite noun, masculine plural (intensive plural) - the God",
"*haggādôl*": "definite adjective, masculine singular - the great",
"*wə-yaʿănû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they answered",
"*hāʿām*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the people",
"*ʾāmēn*": "adverb/interjection - truly/so be it (repeated for emphasis)",
"*bəmōʿal*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - with lifting up of",
"*yədêhem*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their hands",
"*wə-yiqqədû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they bowed",
"*wə-yištaḥăwû*": "conjunction + hishtaphel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they prostrated themselves",
"*la-YHWH*": "preposition + divine name - to Yahweh/LORD",
"*ʾappayim*": "noun, masculine dual - face/nostrils",
"*ʾārṣâ*": "noun, feminine singular + directional heh - to the ground"
},
"variants": {
"*bəmōʿal*": "with lifting up/with raising/with elevated",
"*wə-yiqqədû*": "they bowed/they bowed their heads/they showed reverence",
"*wə-yištaḥăwû*": "they prostrated themselves/they worshiped/they paid homage",
"*ʾappayim*": "face/nostrils/countenance (dual form)"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Nehemiah.8.7",
"source": "וְיֵשׁ֡וּעַ וּבָנִ֡י וְשֵׁרֵ֥בְיָ֣ה ׀ יָמִ֡ין עַקּ֡וּב שַׁבְּתַ֣י ׀ הֽוֹדִיָּ֡ה מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡ה קְלִיטָ֣א עֲזַרְיָה֩ יוֹזָבָ֨ד חָנָ֤ן פְּלָאיָה֙ וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם מְבִינִ֥ים אֶת־הָעָ֖ם לַתּוֹרָ֑ה וְהָעָ֖ם עַל־עָמְדָֽם׃",
"text": "*wə-yēšûaʿ ûbānî wə-šērēbyâ yāmîn ʿaqqûb šabbətay hôdîyâ maʿăśēyâ qəlîṭāʾ ʿăzaryâ yôzābād ḥānān pəlāyâ wə-halwîyim məbînîm ʾet-hāʿām lattôrâ wə-hāʿām ʿal-ʿāmədām*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-halwîyim*": "conjunction + definite noun, masculine plural - and the Levites",
"*məbînîm*": "hiphil participle, masculine plural - causing to understand/explaining",
"*ʾet-hāʿām*": "direct object marker + definite noun, masculine singular - the people",
"*lattôrâ*": "preposition + definite noun, feminine singular - in/regarding the law",
"*wə-hāʿām*": "conjunction + definite noun, masculine singular - and the people",
"*ʿal-ʿāmədām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their place/standing"
},
"variants": {
"*məbînîm*": "causing to understand/explaining/instructing",
"*lattôrâ*": "regarding the law/concerning the law/about the law",
"*ʿal-ʿāmədām*": "in their place/standing in position/at their stations"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Nehemiah.8.8",
"source": "וַֽיִּקְרְא֥וּ בַסֵּ֛פֶר בְּתוֹרַ֥ת הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים מְפֹרָ֑שׁ וְשׂ֣וֹם שֶׂ֔כֶל וַיָּבִ֖ינוּ בַּמִּקְרָֽא׃",
"text": "*wə-yiqrəʾû bassēper bətôrat hāʾĕlōhîm məpōrāš wə-śôm śekel wə-yābînû bammigrāʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yiqrəʾû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they read",
"*bassēper*": "preposition + definite noun, masculine singular - in the book",
"*bətôrat*": "preposition + construct noun, feminine singular - in law of",
"*hāʾĕlōhîm*": "definite noun, masculine plural (intensive plural) - the God",
"*məpōrāš*": "pual participle, masculine singular - distinctly/clearly",
"*wə-śôm*": "conjunction + infinitive absolute - and placing",
"*śekel*": "noun, masculine singular - understanding/insight",
"*wə-yābînû*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they gave understanding",
"*bammigrāʾ*": "preposition + definite noun, masculine singular - in the reading"
},
"variants": {
"*məpōrāš*": "distinctly/clearly/with interpretation",
"*wə-śôm śekel*": "giving understanding/giving meaning/providing sense",
"*bammigrāʾ*": "in the reading/in what was read/in the scripture"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Nehemiah.8.9",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר נְחֶמְיָ֣ה ה֣וּא הַתִּרְשָׁ֡תָא וְעֶזְרָ֣א הַכֹּהֵ֣ן ׀ הַסֹּפֵ֡ר וְהַלְוִיִּם֩ הַמְּבִינִ֨ים אֶת־הָעָ֜ם לְכָל־הָעָ֗ם הַיּ֤וֹם קָדֹֽשׁ־הוּא֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם אַל־תִּֽתְאַבְּל֖וּ וְאַל־תִּבְכּ֑וּ כִּ֤י בוֹכִים֙ כָּל־הָעָ֔ם כְּשָׁמְעָ֖ם אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַתּוֹרָֽה׃",
"text": "*wə-yōʾmer nəḥemyâ hûʾ hattiršātāʾ wə-ʿezrāʾ hakkōhēn hassōpēr wə-halwîyim hamməbînîm ʾet-hāʿām ləkāl-hāʿām hayyôm qādōš-hûʾ la-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem ʾal-titʾabbəlû wə-ʾal-tibkû kî bôkîm kāl-hāʿām kəšāməʿām ʾet-dibrê hattôrâ*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said",
"*nəḥemyâ*": "proper name - Nehemiah",
"*hûʾ*": "3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he",
"*hattiršātāʾ*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the governor",
"*wə-ʿezrāʾ*": "conjunction + proper name - and Ezra",
"*hakkōhēn*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the priest",
"*hassōpēr*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the scribe",
"*wə-halwîyim*": "conjunction + definite noun, masculine plural - and the Levites",
"*hamməbînîm*": "definite hiphil participle, masculine plural - those causing to understand",
"*ʾet-hāʿām*": "direct object marker + definite noun, masculine singular - the people",
"*ləkāl-hāʿām*": "preposition + noun construct + definite noun - to all the people",
"*hayyôm*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the day",
"*qādōš-hûʾ*": "adjective, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - holy it (is)",
"*la-YHWH*": "preposition + divine name - to Yahweh/LORD",
"*ʾĕlōhêkem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God",
"*ʾal-titʾabbəlû*": "negative particle + hithpael imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - do not mourn",
"*wə-ʾal-tibkû*": "conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - and do not weep",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*bôkîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - weeping",
"*kəšāməʿām*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - when they heard",
"*ʾet-dibrê*": "direct object marker + construct noun, masculine plural - the words of",
"*hattôrâ*": "definite noun, feminine singular - the law"
},
"variants": {
"*hattiršātāʾ*": "the governor/Persian official title",
"*hamməbînîm*": "causing to understand/teaching/explaining",
"*titʾabbəlû*": "mourn/grieve/lament",
"*dibrê*": "words/matters/things"
}
}