Nehemiah 3:25

Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Palal	פָּלָ֣ל pa.Lal	H6420	Palal · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Uzai	אוּזַי֮ 'u.Zai	H186	Uzai · proper noun, a man's name
turning	הַמִּקְצוֹעַ֒ ha.mik.tzo.a'	H4740	an angle or recess · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
tower	וְהַמִּגְדָּ֗ל ve.ha.mig.Dal	H4026	a tower (from its size or height) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
out	הַיּוֹצֵא֙ hai.yo.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
king’s	הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
high	הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן ha.'el.Yon	H5945	an elevation · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
house	מִבֵּ֤ית mi.Beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
court	לַחֲצַ֣ר la.cha.Tzar	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
prison	הַמַּטָּרָ֑ה ha.ma.ta.Rah	H4307	a jail (as a guard-house) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
After	אַחֲרָ֖יו 'a.cha.Rav	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Pedaiah	פְּדָיָ֥ה pe.da.Yah	H6305	Pedajah · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Parosh	פַּרְעֹֽשׁ par.'Osh	H6551	Parosh · proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 32:2 For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the ki…
Jeremiah 37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece…
Ezra 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
Nehemiah 12:39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even…
Jeremiah 33:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Nehemiah 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
Nehemiah 8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah…
Jeremiah 22:14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with verm…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 3:1–end

The best way to know how to divide this chapter is to observe how the work was divided among the undertakers, that every one might know what he had to do, and mind it accordingly with a holy emulation, and desire to excel, yet without any contention, animosity, or separate interest. No strife appears among them but which should do most for the public good. Several things are observable in the account here given of the building of the wall about Jerusalem: - I. That Eliashib the high priest, with his brethren the priests, led the van in this troop of builders, Neh 3:1. Ministers should be foremost in every good work; for their office obliges them to teach and quicken by their example, as wel…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 3:25

the tower which lieth out from the king's high house--that is, watchtower by the royal palace [BARCLAY].

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 3:22

The priests, the men of the plain - Some of the officers of the temple, particularly the singers, dwelt in the plain country round about Jerusalem, Neh 12:28; and it is likely that several of the priests dwelt in the same place.

John Gill on Nehemiah 3:25

Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall,.... Who dwelt there, and so repaired what was right against him: and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house: which might be built for prospect, or his upper house: that was by the court of the prison; and we often read in Jeremiah of the court of the prison being in or near the king's house, see Jeremiah 32:2, after him Pedaiah the son of Parosh; went on from hence with the repair.

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 3:24-25

Next repaired Binnui the son of Henadad, a second portion from the house of Azariah, to the angle and to the corner; and further on (Neh 3:25) Palal the son of Uzzai, from opposite the angle and the high tower which stands out from the king's house by the court of the prison. We join העליון to המּגדּל, though it is also verbally admissible to combine it with המּלך בּית, "the tower which stands out from the king's upper house," because nothing is known of an upper and lower king's house. It would be more natural to assume (with Bertheau) that there was an upper and a lower tower at the court of the prison, but this is not implied by העליון. The word means first, high, elevated, and its use do…

Dictionary and topics

Court — The enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh. 3:25), of a private house (2 Sam. 17:18), and of a king’s palace (2 Kings 20:4).
Paial — (judge), the son of Uzai who assisted in restoring the walls of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah, (Nehemiah 3:25) (B.C. 446.)
Pedaiah — Redemption of the Lord. (1.) The father of Zebudah, who was the wife of Josiah and mother of king Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36). (2.) The father of Zerubbabel (1 Chr. 3:17-19). (3.). The father of Joel,…
Uzai — (strong), the father of Palal who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the city wail. (Nehemiah 3:25) (B.C. before 446.)
Palal · One of the workmen who rebuilt the walls of — One of the workmen who rebuilt the walls of
Pedaiah · 4. — 4.
Uzai · Father of Palal — Father of Palal

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Nehemiah 3:25

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 3:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 3:25

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 3:22

John Gill on Nehemiah 3:25

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 3:24-25

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Nehemiah 3:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 3:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 3:25

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 3:22

John Gill on Nehemiah 3:25

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 3:24-25

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 3:25-26

Rashi on Nehemiah 3:25