Nehemiah 13:20 Go deeper
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So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. (KJV)
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וַיָּלִ֨ינוּvai.ya.Li.nuand they passed [the] night
Lemma: לוּן (lun) · Strong's: H3885A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to lodge
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 24:54, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 31:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3885A; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:20 word 1
הָרֹכְלִ֜יםha.ro.khe.Limthe traders
Lemma: רָכַל (ra.khal) · Strong's: H7402
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to trade
Used 17 times. Also: 1 Kings 10:15, Nehemiah 3:31, Nehemiah 3:32, Song of Solomon 3:6, Ezekiel 17:4, Ezekiel 27:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7402; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:20 word 2
וּמֹכְרֵ֧יu.mo.khe.Reiand [the] sellers of
Lemma: מָכַר (ma.khar) · Strong's: H4376
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to sell
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 25:31, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 31:15, Genesis 37:27, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4376; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:20 word 3
כָל\־khol-every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:20 word 4
מִמְכָּ֛רmi.Karmerchandise
Lemma: מִמְכָּר (mim.kar) · Strong's: H4465
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sale
Used 10 times. Also: Leviticus 25:14, Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:27, Leviticus 25:28, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 25:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4465; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:20 word 5
מִח֥וּץmi.Chutzfrom [the] outside
Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: outside
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:20 word 6
לִירוּשָׁלִָ֖םli.ru.sha.Limof Jerusalem
Lemma: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם (ye.ru.sha.laim) · Strong's: H3389
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Jerusalem
Used 643 times. Also: Joshua 10:1, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 12:10, Joshua 15:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3389; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:20 word 7
פַּ֥עַםPa.'ama time
Lemma: פַּ֫עַם (pa.am) · Strong's: H6471
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: beat
Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 27:36, Genesis 29:34, Genesis 29:35, Genesis 30:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6471; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:20 word 8
וּשְׁתָּֽיִם\׃u.she.Ta.yimand two [times]
Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147
Parsing: Acfda (Acfda)
Meaning: two
Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:20 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Once | → | פַּ֫עַם H6471 beat |
| or twice | → | שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two |
| the merchants | → | רָכַל H7402 to trade |
| and those who sell | → | מָכַר H4376 to sell |
| all kinds | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| of goods | → | מִמְכָּר H4465 sale |
| camped | → | לוּן H3885A to lodge |
| outside | → | חוּץ H2351 outside |
| Jerusalem | → | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3389 Jerusalem |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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