King James Version
Nehemiah 8:11 in the King James Version says “So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.”
Nehemiah 8:11 · KJV
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. the Tirshatha: or, the governor
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. to understand: or, that they might instruct in the words of the law
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for the day”
H3117a 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
“is holy”
H6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
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