What Does Nehemiah 4:22 Mean?

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

“Likewise at the same time”

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“I unto the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“Let every one”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“with his servant”

(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit

“lodge”

to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)

“within”

a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center

“Jerusalem”

jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“that in the night”

properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity

“they may be a guard”

a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)

“on the day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“to us and labour”

properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)