Nehemiah 13:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַצֹּרִים֙ יָ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ מְבִיאִ֥ים דָּ֖אג וְכָל־מֶ֑כֶר וּמֹכְרִ֧ים בַּשַּׁבָּ֛ת לִבְנֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וּבִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

And the ṣōrîm yāšəbû in bāh məbîʾîm dāʾg and all-meker, and mōkərîm in the šabbāt to bənê yəhûdâ and in yərûšālaim.

Grammar Details

*ṣōrîm*: masculine plural with definite article - Tyrians/men of Tyre
*yāšəbû*: Qal perfect 3rd person plural - they dwelt/sat/remained
*bāh*: preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in it/her
*məbîʾîm*: Hiphil participle masculine plural - bringing
*dāʾg*: masculine singular - fish
*meker*: masculine singular construct - merchandise/ware
*mōkərîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - selling
*šabbāt*: feminine singular with preposition - on the Sabbath
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons/children of
*yəhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*yərûšālaim*: proper noun with preposition - in Jerusalem

Word Meanings

*ṣōrîm*: Tyrians/men of Tyre
*yāšəbû*: dwelt/sat/remained
*dāʾg*: fish
*meker*: merchandise/wares/goods

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Referenced Verses

Exod 23:12 : 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Deut 5:14 : 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Neh 13:15
84%
15In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
Neh 13:17-21
5 verses
81%
17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
18Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
19And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
20So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
21Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
Jer 17:21-22
2 verses
72%
21Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
22Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
Neh 10:31
71%
31And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
Jer 17:24
71%
24And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
Ezek 27:16-18
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70%
16Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
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18Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
Ezek 27:12-13
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69%
12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
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Amos 8:5
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Joel 3:5-6
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5Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
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Neh 13:12
68%
12Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
Ezek 27:33
68%
33When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
Neh 3:32
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2 Chr 2:16
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Isa 23:8
67%
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Isa 23:1-2
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1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
2Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
Ezek 27:24
67%
24These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
Zeph 1:10-11
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67%
10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
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10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
Ezek 27:9
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9The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Jer 17:27
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Acts 13:14
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Neh 3:3
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2 Sam 24:7
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Jer 7:17
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17Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Isa 23:17-18
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17And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
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Neh 11:3
66%
3Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
2 Chr 31:6
66%
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John 2:13-14
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Ezra 7:17
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Neh 5:8
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Acts 16:13
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