Nehemiah 13:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּלִ֨ינוּ הָרֹכְלִ֜ים וּמֹכְרֵ֧י כָל־מִמְכָּ֛ר מִח֥וּץ לִירוּשָׁלָ֖͏ִם פַּ֥עַם וּשְׁתָּֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And yālînû the rōkəlîm and mōkərê all-mimkār outside to yərûšālaim paʿam and štāyim.

Grammar Details

• *yālînû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they spent the night/lodged
• *rōkəlîm*: masculine plural with definite article - the merchants/traders
• *mōkərê*: Qal participle masculine plural construct - sellers of
• *mimkār*: masculine singular - merchandise/sale/wares
• *yərûšālaim*: proper noun with preposition - to Jerusalem
• *paʿam*: feminine singular - once/one time
• *štāyim*: feminine dual - twice/two times

Word Meanings

• *yālînû*: spent the night/lodged/remained overnight
• *rōkəlîm*: merchants/traders/peddlers
• *mimkār*: merchandise/wares/goods for sale
• *paʿam* and *štāyim*: once or twice/a time or two

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Once or twice, the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares spent the night outside Jerusalem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyce ouer nighte without Ierusalem with all maner of wares.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So the chapmen and marchants of al marchandise remained once or twise all night without Ierusalem.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyse ouer night without Hierusalem with all maner of wares.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they lodge -- the merchants and sellers of all ware -- at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So the traders in all sorts of goods took their night's rest outside Jerusalem once or twice.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.