Nehemiah 11

The leaders dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the rest of the people cast lots to select one in ten to reside there, with the people blessing those who willingly volunteer (Neh 11:1-2)[1][2][4]. The chapter lists the residents by tribe, including priests, Levites, and gatekeepers, emphasizing their roles in temple service and city oversight to ensure Jerusalem's security and vitality (Neh 11:3-36)[1][2][3][4].

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Verse 1
וַ/יֵּשְׁב֥וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 vayeshevu and dwelt and they settled HC/Vqw3mp שָׂרֵֽי 𐤔𐤓𐤉 sarey the leaders chiefs of HNcmpc הָ/עָ֖ם 𐤄/𐤏𐤌 haam of the people the gathered people HTd/Ncmsa בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם 𐤁/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 birushalaim in Jerusalem in Yerushalem in Yerushalam HR/Np וּ/שְׁאָ֣ר 𐤅/𐤔𐤀𐤓 ushear but the rest and the remainder HC/Ncmsc הָ֠/עָם 𐤄/𐤏𐤌 haam-2 of the people the gathered people HTd/Ncmsa הִפִּ֨ילוּ 𐤄𐤐𐤉𐤋𐤅 hipilu cast they caused to fall HVhp3cp גוֹרָל֜וֹת 𐤂𐤅𐤓𐤋𐤅𐤕 goralot lots allotted lots HNcmpa לְ/הָבִ֣יא 𐤋/𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤀 lehavi to bring to cause to come HR/Vhc אֶחָ֣ד 𐤀𐤇𐤃 echad Eka (Bemba) one one HAcmsa מִן 𐤌𐤍 min out of from HR הָ/עֲשָׂרָ֗ה 𐤄/𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤄 haasarah ten ten HTd/Acmsa לָ/שֶׁ֨בֶת֙ 𐤋/𐤔𐤁𐤕 lashevet to dwell to sit, to dwell HR/Vqc בִּֽ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ 𐤁/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 birushalaim-2 in Jerusalem in Yerushalem in Yerushalam HR/Np עִ֣יר 𐤏𐤉𐤓 ir city watchful settlement HNcfsc הַ/קֹּ֔דֶשׁ 𐤄/𐤒𐤃𐤔 haqodesh the holy the holiness HTd/Ncmsa וְ/תֵ֥שַׁע 𐤅/𐤕𐤔𐤏 vetesha and nine and nine HC/Acfsa הַ/יָּד֖וֹת 𐤄/𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤕 hayadot parts the hands HTd/Ncbpa בֶּ/עָרִֽים 𐤁/𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 bearim in the cities in cities HRd/Ncfpa
Verse 3
וְ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ 𐤅/𐤀𐤋𐤄 veeleh Now these [are] and these HC/Pdxcp רָאשֵׁ֣י 𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤉 rashey heads heads of HNcmpc הַ/מְּדִינָ֔ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍𐤄 hamedinah of the province the governed province HTd/Ncfsa אֲשֶׁ֥ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher who that-which HTr יָשְׁב֖וּ 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 yashevu dwelt they dwelt HVqp3cp בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם 𐤁/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 birushalaim in Jerusalem in Yerushalem in Yerushalam HR/Np וּ/בְ/עָרֵ֣י 𐤅/𐤁/𐤏𐤓𐤉 uvearey but in [the] cities and in the fortified cities of HC/R/Ncfpc יְהוּדָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah of Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp יָֽשְׁב֞וּ 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 yashevu-2 dwelt they dwelt HVqp3cp אִ֤ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish every one man HNcmsa בַּ/אֲחֻזָּת/וֹ֙ 𐤁/𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤕/𐤅 baachuzato in his possession in his hereditary holding HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms בְּ/עָ֣רֵי/הֶ֔ם 𐤁/𐤏𐤓𐤉/𐤄𐤌 beareyhem in their cities in their settlements HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp הַ/כֹּהֲנִים֙ 𐤄/𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 hakohanim the priests the officiating-priests HTd/Ncmpa וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֣ם 𐤅/𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 vehaleviyim and the Levites and the Levites and the Leviyim HC/Td/Ngmpa וְ/הַ/נְּתִינִ֔ים 𐤅/𐤄/𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤌 vehanetinim and the Nethinim the temple-assigned ones HC/Td/Ncmpa וּ/בְנֵ֖י 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉 uveney Bene (Bemba) and sons and sons of HC/Ncmpc עַבְדֵ֥י 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉 avedey of servants servants of HNcmpc שְׁלֹמֹֽה 𐤔𐤋𐤌𐤄 shelomoh of Solomon Peaceful-one Shelomoh HNp
Verse 4
וּ/בִֽ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ 𐤅/𐤁/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 uvirushalaim And in Jerusalem and in Jerusalem and in Yerushalam HC/R/Np יָֽשְׁב֔וּ 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 yashevu dwelt they dwelt HVqp3cp מִ/בְּנֵ֥י 𐤌/𐤁𐤍𐤉 mibeney Bene (Bemba) some of the sons of from sons of HR/Ncmpc יְהוּדָ֖ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp וּ/מִ/בְּנֵ֣י 𐤅/𐤌/𐤁𐤍𐤉 umibeney Bene (Bemba) and some of the sons of and from sons of HC/R/Ncmpc בִנְיָמִ֑ן 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌𐤍 vineyamin Benjamin Son of the Right Hand Bineyamin HNp מִ/בְּנֵ֣י 𐤌/𐤁𐤍𐤉 mibeney-2 Bene (Bemba) of the sons of from sons of HR/Ncmpc יְ֠הוּדָה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehudah-2 Judah Yah Is Praised Yehudah HNp עֲתָיָ֨ה 𐤏𐤕𐤉𐤄 atayah Athaiah Yah Has Helped Atayah HNp בֶן 𐤁𐤍 ven Bene (Bemba) son of son of HNcmsc עֻזִּיָּ֜ה 𐤏𐤆𐤉𐤄 uziyah Uzziah Yah is strength Uziyah HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc זְכַרְיָ֧ה 𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤉𐤄 zekhareyah Zechariah Yahweh-remembers Zekhareyah HNp בֶן 𐤁𐤍 ven-2 Bene (Bemba) son of son of HNcmsc אֲמַרְיָ֛ה 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤄 amareyah Amariah Yah has said Amareyah HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben-2 Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc שְׁפַטְיָ֥ה 𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤉𐤄 shefateyah Shephatiah Yah has judged Shefateyah HNp בֶן 𐤁𐤍 ven-3 Bene (Bemba) son of son of HNcmsc מַהֲלַלְאֵ֖ל 𐤌𐤄𐤋𐤋𐤀𐤋 mahalaleel Mahalalel Praise of El Mahalaleel HNp מִ/בְּנֵי 𐤌/𐤁𐤍𐤉 mibeney-3 Bene (Bemba) of the sons of from sons of HR/Ncmpc פָֽרֶץ 𐤐𐤓𐤑 farets Perez Breakthrough-one Perets HNp
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וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֗ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤉/𐤄𐤌 vaacheyhem and their brothers and their brothers HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp עֹשֵׂ֤י 𐤏𐤔𐤉 osey who did doers of HVqrmpc הַ/מְּלָאכָה֙ 𐤄/𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤄 hamelakhah the work the accomplished work HTd/Ncfsa לַ/בַּ֔יִת 𐤋/𐤁𐤉𐤕 labayit of the house to the house HRd/Ncmsa שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה 𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤄 shemoneh eight eight HAcfsa מֵא֖וֹת 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 meot hundred hundreds HAcbpa עֶשְׂרִ֣ים 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 eserim twenty twenty HAcbpa וּ/שְׁנָ֑יִם 𐤅/𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 ushenayim and two and two HC/Acmda וַ֠/עֲדָיָה 𐤅/𐤏𐤃𐤉𐤄 vaadayah and Adaiah and Yah-has-adorned and Adayah HC/Np בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc יְרֹחָ֤ם 𐤉𐤓𐤇𐤌 yerocham Jeroham He-will-be-shown-compassion Yerocham HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben-2 Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc פְּלַלְיָה֙ 𐤐𐤋𐤋𐤉𐤄 pelaleyah Pelaliah Yah Has Judged Pelaleyah HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben-3 Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc אַמְצִ֣י 𐤀𐤌𐤑𐤉 ametsi Amzi My Strength Ametsi HNp בֶן 𐤁𐤍 ven Bene (Bemba) son of son of HNcmsc זְכַרְיָ֔ה 𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤉𐤄 zekhareyah Zechariah Yahweh-remembers Zekhareyah HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben-4 Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc פַּשְׁח֖וּר 𐤐𐤔𐤇𐤅𐤓 pashechur Pashhur Release Pashechur HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben-5 Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc מַלְכִּיָּֽה 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤄 malekiyah Malchijah My King is Yah Malekiyah HNp
Verse 17
וּ/מַתַּנְיָ֣ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤄 umataneyah and Mattaniah and Yah-Gives and Mataneyah HC/Np בֶן 𐤁𐤍 ven Bene (Bemba) son of son of HNcmsc מִ֠יכָה 𐤌𐤉𐤊𐤄 mikhah Mica Who-is-like? Mikhah HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc זַבְדִּ֨י 𐤆𐤁𐤃𐤉 zavedi Zabdi My Gift Zavedi HNp בֶן 𐤁𐤍 ven-2 Bene (Bemba) son of son of HNcmsc אָסָ֜ף 𐤀𐤎𐤐 asaf Asaph he gathered Asaf HNp רֹ֗אשׁ 𐤓𐤀𐤔 rosh head head HNcmsc הַ/תְּחִלָּה֙ 𐤄/𐤕𐤇𐤋𐤄 hatechilah of the beginning the beginning HTd/Ncfsa יְהוֹדֶ֣ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 yehodeh who gave thanks he will cause to acknowledge HVhi3ms לַ/תְּפִלָּ֔ה 𐤋/𐤕𐤐𐤋𐤄 latefilah in prayer to the intercession-prayer HRd/Ncfsa וּ/בַקְבֻּקְיָ֖ה 𐤅/𐤁𐤒𐤁𐤒𐤉𐤄 uvaqebuqeyah and Bakbukiah Yah Pours Out and Baqebuqeyah HC/Np מִשְׁנֶ֣ה 𐤌𐤔𐤍𐤄 misheneh second second, duplicate HNcmsa מֵ/אֶחָ֑י/ו 𐤌/𐤀𐤇𐤉/𐤅 meechayv among his brothers from his brothers HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms וְ/עַבְדָּא֙ 𐤅/𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤀 veaveda and Abda and Servant and Aveda HC/Np בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben-2 Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc שַׁמּ֔וּעַ 𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤏 shamua Shammua Heard-One Shamua HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben-3 Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc גָּלָ֖ל 𐤂𐤋𐤋 galal Galal Rolling-One Galal HNp בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben-4 Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc ידיתון 𐤉𐤃𐤉𐤕𐤅𐤍 ydytvn Idithun Praise-Giver Yedutun HNp יְדוּתֽוּן 𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤕𐤅𐤍 yedutun Jeduthun Praising One Yedutun HNp
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