Nehemiah 5:18

Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
prepared	נַעֲשֶׂ֜ה na.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular absolute
daily	לְי֣וֹם le.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
one	אֶחָ֗ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
ox	שׁ֣וֹר Shor	H7794	a bullock (as a traveller) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
six	שֵׁשׁ shesh-	H8337	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the h… · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
choice	בְּרֻר֤וֹת be.ru.Rot	H1305	to clarify (i.e. brighten) · verb, qal passive participle, feminine plural absolute
sheep	צֹ֠אן tzon	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
fowls	וְצִפֳּרִים֙ ve.tzi.po.Rim	H6833	a little bird (as hopping) · conjunction + noun, common both genders plural absolute
prepared	נַֽעֲשׂוּ na.'a.su-	H6213	to do or make · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural
ten	עֲשֶׂ֧רֶת 'a.Se.ret	H6235	ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) · noun, common feminine singular construct
days	יָמִ֛ים ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
store	לְהַרְבֵּ֑ה le.har.Beh	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
wine	יַ֖יִן Ya.yin	H3196	wine (as fermented) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
all	וְעִם ve.'im-	H5973	adverb or preposition · conjunction + preposition
required	בִקַּ֔שְׁתִּי vi.Kash.ti	H1245	to search out (by any method · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
bread	לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem	H3899	food (for man or beast) · noun, common masculine singular construct
governor	הַפֶּחָה֙ ha.pe.Chah	H6346	a prefect (of a city or small district) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
bondage	הָעֲבֹדָ֖ה ha.'a.vo.Dah	H5656	work of any kind · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
heavy	כָֽבְדָ֥ה kha.ve.Dah	H3513	to be heavy · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
people	הָעָ֥ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Kings 4:22-23 And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
Psalms 37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Nehemiah 5:14-15 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtie…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:14–end

Nehemiah had mentioned his own practice, as an inducement to the nobles not to burden the poor, no, not with just demands; here he relates more particularly what his practice was, not inn pride or vain-glory, nor to pass a compliment upon himself, but as an inducement both to his successors and to the inferior magistrates to be as tender as might be of the people's ease. I. He intimates what had been the way of his predecessors, Neh 5:15. He does not name them, because what he had to say of them was not to their honour, and in such a case it is good to spare names; but the people knew how chargeable they had been, and how dearly the country paid for all the benefit of their government. The g…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 5:17

Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews--In the East it has been always customary to calculate the expense of a king's or grandee's establishment, not by the amount of money disbursed, but by the quantity of provisions consumed (see Kg1 4:22; Kg1 18:19; Ecc 5:11). Next: Nehemiah Chapter 6

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 5:18

One ox, and six choice sheep - This was food sufficient for more than two hundred men. Once in ten days store of all sorts of wine - It is supposed that every tenth day they drank wine; at all other times they drank water; unless we suppose the meaning of the phrase to be, that his servants laid in a stock of wine every ten days. Though the Asiatics drank sparingly of wine, yet it is not very likely that, in a case such as that above, wine was tasted only thrice in each month. Bishop Pococke mentions the manner in which the bey of Tunis lived. He had daily twelve sheep, with fish, fowls, soups, oranges, eggs, onions, boiled rice, etc., etc., His nobles dined with him; after they had done, th…

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John Gill on Nehemiah 5:18

Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep,.... Or fat ones; of beef and mutton a considerable quantity, abundantly sufficient for his guests and servants, and shows what a good table he kept: also fowls were prepared for me; what number is not said: and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine; the country afforded; that is, either once in ten days his stock of wine was renewed, or a more liberal entertainment was made, a banquet of wine, Esther 5:6, yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor; the salary that used to be given him, but did this at his own expense, out of his own estate in Judea; or what he had got by his office as cupbearer…

Dictionary and topics

Governor — (1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of…
Jubilee — A joyful shout or clangour of trumpets, the name of the great semi-centennial festival of the Hebrews. It lasted for a year. During this year the land was to be fallow, and the Israelites were only…
Country · LOVE OF — LOVE OF
Example · GOOD — GOOD
Kindness · .The Jews to the people — .The Jews to the people
Sheep · Flesh of, extensively used as food — Flesh of, extensively used as food
Unselfishness · .Nehemiah — .Nehemiah
Wine · Many kinds of — Many kinds of

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 5:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 5:17

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 5:18

John Gill on Nehemiah 5:18

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 5:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 5:17

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 5:18

John Gill on Nehemiah 5:18

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 5:14–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 5:15

Rashi on Nehemiah 5:18