Then Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests set to and rebuilt the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and set up its doors, consecrating it as far as the Hundred’s Tower, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויקם
156
אלישיב
353
הכהן
80
הגדול
48
ואחיו
31
הכהנים
130
ויבנו
74
אתשער
971
הצאן
146
המה
50
קדשוהו
421
ויעמידו
146
דלתתיו
850
ועדמגדל
157
המאה
51
קדשוהו
421
עד
74
מגדל
77
חננאלס
199
Nehemiah 3:2
Gematria: 1548
ועלידובנואנשיירחוועלידובנהזכורבןאמריס
Next to him, a [work] party from Jericho built. Next to them,athem Lit. “him.” Zaccur son of Imri.
Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz repaired; and next to him,bhim Lit. “them.” Meshullam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabel. Next to him,chim Lit. “them.” Zadok son of Baana repaired.
Next to him,dhim Lit. “them.” the Tekoites repaired, though their nobles would not take upon their shouldersetake upon their shoulders Lit. “bring their neck into.” the work of their lord.
Next to them, Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite repaired, [with a work] party from Gibeon and Mizpah, under the jurisdictionfunder the jurisdiction Lit. “of the throne”; meaning of Heb. uncertain. of the governor of the province of Beyond the River.
Next to them,gthem Lit. “him.” Uzziel son of Harhaiah, [of the] smiths, repaired. Next to him, Hananiah, ofhof Lit. “son of,” i.e., member of the guild of. the perfumers. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
Word-by-Word Analysis
עלידו
120
החזיק
130
עזיאל
118
בןחרהיה
280
צורפיםסועלידו
612
החזיק
130
חנניה
123
בןהרקחים
415
ויעזבו
101
ירושלם
586
עד
74
החומה
64
הרחבהס
280
Nehemiah 3:9
Gematria: 2235
ועלידםהחזיקרפיהבןחורשרחציפלךירושלםס
Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, chief of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.
Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired a second stretch, including the Tower of Ovens.
Word-by-Word Analysis
מדה
49
שנית
760
החזיק
130
מלכיה
105
בןחרם
300
וחשוב
322
בןפחת
540
מואב
49
ואת
407
מגדל
77
התנוריםס
771
Nehemiah 3:12
Gematria: 2909
ועלידוהחזיקשלוםבןהלוחששרחציפלךירושלםהואובנותיוס
Next to them,jthem Lit. “him.” Shallum son of Hallohesh,kHallohesh I.e., the charmer. chief of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired—he and his daughters.
Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate; they rebuilt it and set up its doors, locks, and bars. And [they also repaired] a thousand cubits of wall to the Dung Gate.
Shallun son of Col-hozeh, chief of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he rebuilt it and covered it, and set up its doors, locks, and bars, as well as the wall of the irrigationlirrigation Following Kimhi; cf. Mishnaic Heb. bet hashelaḥin, irrigated field. pool of the King’s Garden as far as the steps going down from the City of David.
After him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, chief of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired, from in front of the graves of David as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the House of the Warriors.
Next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, the chief of Mizpah, repaired a second stretch, from in front of the ascent to the armory [at] the angle [of the wall].
After them,mthem Lit. “him.” Benjamin and Hasshub repaired in front of their houses. After them,nthem Lit. “him.” Azariah son of Maaseiah son of Ananiah repaired beside his house.
Palal son of Uzai—from in front of the angle and the tower that juts out of the house of the king, the upper [tower] of the prison compound. After him, Pedaiah son of Parosh.
Word-by-Word Analysis
פלל
140
בןאוזי
76
מנגד
97
המקצוע
311
והמגדל
88
היוצא
112
מבית
452
המלך
95
העליון
171
אשר
501
לחצר
328
המטרה
259
אחריו
225
פדיה
99
בןפרעשס
762
Nehemiah 3:26
Gematria: 2477
והנתיניםהיוישביםבעפלעדנגדשערהמיםלמזרחוהמגדלהיוצאס
(The temple servants were living on the Ophel, as far as a point in front of the Water Gate in the east, and the jutting tower.)
After them,othem Lit. “him.” Zadok son of Immer repaired in front of his house. After him, Shemaiah son of Shechaniah, keeper of the East Gate, repaired.
After him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired a second stretch. After them,pthem Lit. “him.” Meshullam son of Berechiah repaired in front of his chamber.
After him, Malchijah of the smiths repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, [from] in front of the Muster Gate to the corner loft.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אחרי
219
אחריו
225
החזיק
130
מלכיה
105
בןהצרפי
437
עדבית
486
הנתינים
565
והרכלים
311
נגד
57
שער
570
המפקד
229
ועד
80
עלית
510
הפנה
140
Nehemiah 3:32
Gematria: 2416
וביןעליתהפנהלשערהצאןהחזיקוהצרפיםוהרכליםפ
And between the corner loft to the Sheep Gate the smiths and the merchants repaired.
saying in the presence of his brothers and the Samarian force, “What are the miserable Jews doing? Will they restore, offer sacrifice, and finish one day? Can they revive those stones out of the dust heaps, burned as they are?”