Nehemiah 8:18
"Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God,.... That is, Ezra; this was done by him

every day during the feast, whereas only the first and last days were the holy convocations on which it seems to have been read: and they kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the manner; prescribed in Lev 23:39 . Next: Nehemiah Chapter 9 Sacred Texts | Bible « Previous: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Nehemiah: Neh... Index Next: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Nehemiah: Neh... »

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (20 words)

H7121 קָרָא
Definition:

9+, 3 feminine singular consecutiveוְקָרָזתIsaiah 7:14(Ges§ 74g); 2 masculine singularקָרָאתָJudges 12:1+, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִקְרָאGenesis 2:19+; suffixיִקְרְאוֺJeremiah 23:6,אֵהוּ-Isa 9+, 3 feminine singular consecutiveוְקָרָזתIsaiah 7:14(Ges§ 74g); 2 masculine singularקָרָאתָJudges 12:1+, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִקְרָאGenesis 2:19+; suffixיִקְרְאוֺJeremiah 23:6,אֵהוּ-Isa

Possible Meanings:
  • call (semantic_range)
  • read out (semantic_range)
  • aloud (semantic_range)
  • call (semantic_range)
  • proclaim (semantic_range)
H5612 סֵפֶר
Definition:

11missive, document, writing, book(probably ancient loan-word from Assyrianšipru,missive,messageDlHWB 683, Tel Amarnašipru, šipirtu,id.WklTA Gloss; √šâpâru, send, send message or letterDlHWB 683, Wkll 11missive, document, writing, book(probably ancient loan-word from Assyrianšipru,missive,messageDlHWB 683, Tel Amarnašipru, šipirtu,id.WklTA Gloss; √šâpâru, send, send message or letterDlHWB 683, Wkll

Possible Meanings:
  • secretary (semantic_range)
  • scribe (semantic_range)
H8451 תּוֹרָה
Definition:

5direction, instruction, law(possibly in first instance fromcastinglots, WeG i, 470; H 394(less confidently WeSkizzen iii, 167), SS SmAT Rel. Geschichte. 36BenzArchaeology 408NowArchaeology ii, 97, op 5direction, instruction, law(possibly in first instance fromcastinglots, WeG i, 470; H 394(less confidently WeSkizzen iii, 167), SS SmAT Rel. Geschichte. 36BenzArchaeology 408NowArchaeology ii, 97, op

H0430 אֱלהִים
Definition:

33; on number of occurrences ofאֵל,אֱלוֺהַּ,אֱלֹהִיםcompare also Nesl. c,)1pluralin number.a.rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power 33; on number of occurrences ofאֵל,אֱלוֺהַּ,אֱלֹהִיםcompare also Nesl. c,)1pluralin number.a.rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power

Possible Meanings:
  • divine ones (semantic_range)
  • angels (semantic_range)
  • gods (semantic_range)
H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H4480 מִן
Definition:

2; 2Chronicles 20:11) contracted toמִי(asמִידֵיfromמִיְּדֵי), before guttural andר, mostlyמֵ, occasionallyמִ(Ges§ 102, l R.; more fully Köii. 291ff),מִןbefore article in all books much commoner than - 2; 2Chronicles 20:11) contracted toמִי(asמִידֵיfromמִיְּדֵי), before guttural andר, mostlyמֵ, occasionallyמִ(Ges§ 102, l R.; more fully Köii. 291ff),מִןbefore article in all books much commoner than -

Possible Meanings:
  • out of (semantic_range)
  • by (semantic_range)
  • by reason of (semantic_range)
  • at (semantic_range)
H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H7223 רִאשׁוֹן
Definition:

19+,שֹׁן- -Exodus 12:15+,רִישׁוֺןJob 8:8, constructרִאשׁוֺןJob 15:7Qr (Ktראישוןand so always Manuscript Sam. Pentateuch, see Köii. 1, 225 n); feminineרִאשֹׁנָהJudges 20:37+ (Joshua 21:10 Ktראישנהsee a 19+,שֹׁן- -Exodus 12:15+,רִישׁוֺןJob 8:8, constructרִאשׁוֺןJob 15:7Qr (Ktראישוןand so always Manuscript Sam. Pentateuch, see Köii. 1, 225 n); feminineרִאשֹׁנָהJudges 20:37+ (Joshua 21:10 Ktראישנהsee a

Possible Meanings:
  • former (semantic_range)
  • first (semantic_range)
  • chief (semantic_range)
H5704 עַד
Definition:

20,24;Psalm 104:23;Psalm 147:6;Job 7:4;Job 20:5, and inעֲדֵי עַדIsaiah 26:4;Isaiah 65:18;Psalm 83:18;Psalm 92:8;Psalm 132:12;Psalm 132:14:compareאֱלֵי,עֲלֵי),prepositionas far as, even to, up to, unti 20,24;Psalm 104:23;Psalm 147:6;Job 7:4;Job 20:5, and inעֲדֵי עַדIsaiah 26:4;Isaiah 65:18;Psalm 83:18;Psalm 92:8;Psalm 132:12;Psalm 132:14:compareאֱלֵי,עֲלֵי),prepositionas far as, even to, up to, unti

Possible Meanings:
  • until (semantic_range)
H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H0314 אַחֲרוֹן
Definition:

2(twice in verse);הָאַחֲרוֺן הַיָּםthe hinder(= the Western) sea (i.e. the Mediterranean: opposed toהַיָּם הַקַּדְמוֺנִיthe front sea = the Dead Sea, the Semites, in defining the quarters of the heave 2(twice in verse);הָאַחֲרוֺן הַיָּםthe hinder(= the Western) sea (i.e. the Mediterranean: opposed toהַיָּם הַקַּדְמוֺנִיthe front sea = the Dead Sea, the Semites, in defining the quarters of the heave

Possible Meanings:
  • coming after (semantic_range)
  • behind (semantic_range)
  • behind (semantic_range)
  • hindermost (semantic_range)
  • latter (semantic_range)
H6213 עָשָׂה
Definition:

A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows) -- accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows) -- accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly,

Possible Meanings:
  • press (semantic_range)
  • squeeze (semantic_range)
H2282 חַג
Definition:

1festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaic,חַגָּא; Arabicpilgrimage; SabeanחגDHMEpigr. Denkm. 31; NöZMG 1887. 719; RSProph. Lect. ii. n. 6; > WeSkizzen iii. 106, 165sacred dance 1festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaic,חַגָּא; Arabicpilgrimage; SabeanחגDHMEpigr. Denkm. 31; NöZMG 1887. 719; RSProph. Lect. ii. n. 6; > WeSkizzen iii. 106, 165sacred dance

Possible Meanings:
  • festival sacrifice (semantic_range)
H7651 שֶׁבַע
Definition:

2115t.; constructשְׁבַעGenesis 5:2647t., especially P (15 t.) and Chronicles (20 t.),וּשֲׁבַע1 Kings 14:21feminine(c.noun masculine) absoluteשִׁבְעָהGenesis 4:24100t.; constructשִׁבְעַתGenesis 7:10120 2115t.; constructשְׁבַעGenesis 5:2647t., especially P (15 t.) and Chronicles (20 t.),וּשֲׁבַע1 Kings 14:21feminine(c.noun masculine) absoluteשִׁבְעָהGenesis 4:24100t.; constructשִׁבְעַתGenesis 7:10120

Possible Meanings:
  • seven (semantic_range)
H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H8066 שְׁמִינִי
Definition:

2916t.;׳חַחֹדֶשׁ הַשּׁ1 Kings 6:384t.; masculine noun omitted1 Chronicles 24:104t.;הַשָּׁנָח חַשְּׁמִינִתLeviticus 25:22; elsewhere only phrase,עַלהִֿשְּׁמִינִית1 Chronicles 15:21, and titlesPsalm 6:1 2916t.;׳חַחֹדֶשׁ הַשּׁ1 Kings 6:384t.; masculine noun omitted1 Chronicles 24:104t.;הַשָּׁנָח חַשְּׁמִינִתLeviticus 25:22; elsewhere only phrase,עַלהִֿשְּׁמִינִית1 Chronicles 15:21, and titlesPsalm 6:1

Possible Meanings:
  • eighth (semantic_range)
H6116 עֲצָרָה
Definition:

132t.;עֲצֶ֫רֶתDeuteronomy 16:83t.,עֲצָ֑רֶת2Chronicles 7:9; constructעֲצֶ֑רֶתJeremiah 9:1; plural suffixעַצְרֹתֵיכֶםAmos 5:21; —1sacredassembly, rejected by׳י,Isaiah 1:13and (at Bethel, etc.)Amos 5:21; 132t.;עֲצֶ֫רֶתDeuteronomy 16:83t.,עֲצָ֑רֶת2Chronicles 7:9; constructעֲצֶ֑רֶתJeremiah 9:1; plural suffixעַצְרֹתֵיכֶםAmos 5:21; —1sacredassembly, rejected by׳י,Isaiah 1:13and (at Bethel, etc.)Amos 5:21;

H4941 מִשְׁפָט
Definition:

13judgment; — absoluteמִשְׁמָּטExodus 21:31203t., +לְשְִׁ֯מָּטEzekiel 44:24(but read Ktלִשְׁמֹּטwithᵐ5ᵑ7ᵑ6Co and others); constructמִשְׁמַּטExodus 23:650t.; suffixמִשְׁמָּטִיIsaiah 40:27+;מִשְׁמָּטָםJ 13judgment; — absoluteמִשְׁמָּטExodus 21:31203t., +לְשְִׁ֯מָּטEzekiel 44:24(but read Ktלִשְׁמֹּטwithᵐ5ᵑ7ᵑ6Co and others); constructמִשְׁמַּטExodus 23:650t.; suffixמִשְׁמָּטִיIsaiah 40:27+;מִשְׁמָּטָםJ

Possible Meanings:
  • justice (semantic_range)
  • right (semantic_range)
  • rectitude (semantic_range)

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