Nehemiah 12:37

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַל֩ שַׁ֨עַר הָעַ֜יִן וְנֶגְדָּ֗ם עָלוּ֙ עַֽל־מַעֲלוֹת֙ עִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד בַּֽמַּעֲלֶ֖ה לַחוֹמָ֑ה מֵעַל֙ לְבֵ֣ית דָּוִ֔יד וְעַ֛ד שַׁ֥עַר הַמַּ֖יִם מִזְרָֽח׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿal šaʿar the-ʿayin wə-negdām ʿālû upon-maʿălôt ʿîr dāwîd in-the-maʿăleh to-the-ḥômāh from-above to-bêt dāwîd wə-ʿad šaʿar the-mayim mizrāḥ

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿal*: conjunction + preposition - and at/upon
*šaʿar*: masculine singular construct - gate of
*ʿayin*: feminine singular noun - spring/fountain
*wə-negdām*: conjunction + preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and before them/opposite them
*ʿālû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they went up
*maʿălôt*: feminine plural construct - steps/stairs of
*ʿîr*: feminine singular construct - city of
*dāwîd*: proper name - David
*maʿăleh*: masculine singular noun - ascent
*ḥômāh*: feminine singular noun - wall
*bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
*wə-ʿad*: conjunction + preposition - and unto
*mayim*: masculine plural noun - water
*mizrāḥ*: masculine singular noun - east

Word Meanings

*šaʿar* the-*ʿayin*: Fountain Gate/Spring Gate
*negdām*: opposite them/before them/in front of them
*ʿālû*: they went up/they ascended/they climbed
*maʿălôt*: steps/stairs/ascents
*ʿîr* *dāwîd*: City of David/David's city
*maʿăleh*: ascent/slope/stairway
*šaʿar* the-*mayim*: Water Gate

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Referenced Verses

Neh 3:26 : 26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
Neh 2:14 : 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
Neh 8:1 : 1 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 commanded to Israel.
Neh 8:3 : 3 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 attentive unto the book of the law.
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 street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
Neh 3:15-16 : 15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
2 Sam 5:7-9 : 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. 8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

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