Nehemiah Chapter 1

Hanani informs Nehemiah

1:1 The words of Nehemiahנְחֶמְיָה
Transliteration: nᵊḥemyâ – Pronunciation: nekh-em-yaw’ – proper masculine noun Meaning “Yahweh comforts, 1. the son of Hachaliah, cupbearer to king Artaxerxes, who became governor of Judah after the return from exile 2. one of the 12 heads of the people who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 3. son of Azbuk and ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem For more info click here the son of Hachaliah (meaning whom YAWEH enlightens) . And it so happened in the month Kislevכִּסְלֵו‎
Kīslev. also ‘Chisleu’ in the King James (authorized English) Bible, is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. In the Babylonian calendar its name was Araḫ Kislimu For more info click here, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
1:2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and men from Judahמִיהוּדָה‎
Transliteration: mîhûḏâ, literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah. Also referring to the tribe of Judah or The Kingdom of Judah later referred to as Judea – For more info click here. And I asked them about the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִים
Transliteration: hayyᵊhûḏîm – Jew (74x), Judah (1x) The term ‘Yehudi’ (derived from Yeddah, or Judah, fourth son of Jacob) has become a synonym for Jew. Yehudah’s mother gave him that name because she said, ‘I will praise God.’ Yehudah is thus a declaration that Jews always praise God, hence the common name Yehudi regardless of tribal origin (Sfas Emes) for more info click here who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and about Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם‎
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here.
1:3 And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great evilבְּרָעָה‎
Transliteration: bᵊrāʿâ – in |evil – In the KJV is translated in the following manner: evil (442x), wickedness (59x), wicked (25x), mischief (21x), hurt (20x), bad (13x), trouble (10x), sore (9x), affliction (6x), ill (5x), adversity (4x), ill favored (3x), harm (3x), naught (3x), noisome (2x), grievous (2x), sad (2x), miscellaneous (34x) For more info click here and shame. The wall of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם‎
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here also is broken down, and the gates are burned with fire.
1:4 And it so happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned days, and fasted, and prayed before the Elohimאֱלֹהָי
Pronounced:’ĕlōhê In Hebrew grammatical construct is a way of connecting noun-noun pairs. In english, we use “of”, but in Hebrew there are quite a few ways of doing this. של is usually used in place of “of” in Hebrew, but in this case, we modify the first word, with the suffix “ey” (which is what we do for plural words, which God’s name is in Torah), i.e. God of Abraham becomes Elohei Avraham. also can be of his, my or their – See Elohim for more info click here of the Heavensהַשָּׁמַיִם‎
Transliteration:haššāmayim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – the visible heavens, the abode of the stars like the visible universe, the sky, the atmosphere For more info click here,

Nehemiah mourns, fasts and prays

1:5 And said, I implore you, O YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here the Elohimאֱלֹהָי
Pronounced:’ĕlōhê In Hebrew grammatical construct is a way of connecting noun-noun pairs. In english, we use “of”, but in Hebrew there are quite a few ways of doing this. של is usually used in place of “of” in Hebrew, but in this case, we modify the first word, with the suffix “ey” (which is what we do for plural words, which God’s name is in Torah), i.e. God of Abraham becomes Elohei Avraham. also can be of his, my or their – See Elohim for more info click here of the Heavensהַשָּׁמַיִם‎
Transliteration:haššāmayim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – the visible heavens, the abode of the stars like the visible universe, the sky, the atmosphere For more info click here, the great and awesome EL אֵל
‎‎(El transl. God), that keeps covenant and mercy to those loving Him and keepers of His commandments:
1:6 Let Your ear now be open, and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I pray before you today, day and night, for the sons of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here Your servants, and confess the sinsחַטָּאָת
Transliteration: ḥaṭṭā’āṯ – an offense (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender:—punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering) – For more info click here of the sons of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here, which we have sinnedחָטָאנוּ
Transliteration: ḥāṭā’nû – Hebrew Verb: Qal Perfect (qatal) First Person Common Pluralt – offense (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender:—punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering From an archery term meaning to miss the mark For more info click here against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinnedחָטָאנוּ
Transliteration: ḥāṭā’nû – Hebrew Verb: Qal Perfect (qatal) First Person Common Pluralt – offense (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender:—punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering From an archery term meaning to miss the mark For more info click here.
1:7 We have acted utterly corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, or statuteהַחֻקִּים‎
Transliteration: haḥuqqîm – an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task. For more info click here, or the judgementsהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים‎
Transliteration: hammišpāṭîm – properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant’s) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant’s right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style:— adversary, ceremony, charge custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence. For more info click here, which You commanded your servant Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here.
1:8 You, remember the word that You commanded your servant Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here, saying, If ya’ll sin, I will scatter you among the nations:
1:9 But if ya’ll turn to Me, and keep My commandments, and do them; though you were of you thrown out to the outermost part of the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִם‎
Transliteration:haššāmayim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – the visible heavens, the abode of the stars like the visible universe, the sky, the atmosphere For more info click here, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set My Name there.
1:10 Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have ransomed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.
1:11 O Adonaiאֲדֹנָי
Hebrew pronunciation: [ʾăḏōnāy], lit. transl. My Lords, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty.For more info click here, Please, let Your ear now be open to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants, who desire to fear Your Name: and please prosper, Your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Because I was the king’s cupbearer.