King James Version
Nehemiah 9:1 in the King James Version says “Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes,...” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.”
Nehemiah 9:1 · KJV
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers , and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. strangers: Heb. strange children
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
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“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
“were assembled”
H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
“the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“and with sackclothes”
H8242properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grai
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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