King James Version
Nehemiah 2:14 in the King James Version says “Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under ...” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.”
Nehemiah 2:14 · KJV
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well , and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
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“Then I went on”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“of the fountain”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“but there was no place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
“for the beast”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
“Then I went on”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
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