King James Version
Nehemiah 5:16 in the King James Version says “Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither un...” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.”
Nehemiah 5:16 · KJV
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“in the work”
H4399properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
“Yea also I continued”
H2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“neither bought”
H7069to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all my servants”
H5288(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
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in the work”
H4399properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
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