Nehemiah 8:16

So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
people	הָעָם֮ ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
forth	וַיֵּצְא֣וּ vai.ye.tze.'U	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
brought	וַיָּבִיאוּ֒ vai.ya.vi.'U	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
made	וַיַּעֲשׂוּ֩ vai.ya.'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
booths	סֻכּ֜וֹת su.Kot	H5521	a hut or lair · noun, common feminine plural absolute
one	אִ֤ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
house	גַּגּוֹ֙ ga.Go	H1406	a roof · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
courts	וּבְחַצְרֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם u.ve.chatz.Ro.tei.Hem	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
courts	וּבְחַצְר֖וֹת u.ve.chatz.Rot	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common both genders plural construct
house	בֵּ֣ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
street	וּבִרְחוֹב֙ u.vir.chOv	H7339	a width · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
water	הַמַּ֔יִם ha.Ma.yim	H4325	water · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
gate	שַׁ֣עַר Sha.'ar	H8179	an opening · noun, common masculine singular construct
street	וּבִרְח֖וֹב u.vir.Chov	H7339	a width · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
gate	שַׁ֥עַר Sha.'ar	H8179	an opening · noun, common masculine singular construct
Ephraim	אֶפְרָֽיִם 'ef.Ra.yim	H669	Ephrajim · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

2 Kings 14:13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and br…
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…
Nehemiah 3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
Nehemiah 12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above t…
Nehemiah 8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those…
Jeremiah 32:29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they ha…
Deuteronomy 22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall…
2 Samuel 11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 8:13–end

We have here, I. The people's renewed attendance upon the word. They had spent the greatest part of one day in praying and hearing, and yet were so far from being weary of that new moon and sabbath that the next day after, though it was no festival, the chief of them came together again to hear Ezra expound (Neh 8:13), which they found more delightful and gainful than any worldly pleasure or profit whatsoever. Note, The more we converse with the word of God, if we rightly understand it and be affected with it, the more we shall covet to converse with it, and to increase in our acquaintance with it, saying, How sweet are thy words unto my mouth! Those that understand the scriptures well will…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 8:16

THEY KEEP THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. (Neh 8:16-18) the people went forth, and brought . . . and made themselves booths, &c.--(See on Lev 23:34; Deu 16:13).

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 8:16

Upon the roof of his house - It need scarcely be repeated, that the houses in the East are generally built with flat roofs. On these they reposed; on these they took the air in the heats of summer; and on these they oftentimes slept.

John Gill on Nehemiah 8:16

So the people went forth, and brought them,.... Went out of Jerusalem to the mountains adjacent, and fetched in branches of the said trees, one or another: and made themselves booths, everyone upon the roof of his house; which were flat, Deuteronomy 22:8, and they might be made anywhere, so be it they were open to the air: and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God; the common people in the courtyards belonging to their houses, and the priests and Levites in the courts of the temple, the yards or open places adjoining to them: and in the street of the watergate; which led to that, and seems to have been a very large street, in which many booths might be built, Nehemiah 3:2…

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Dictionary and topics

Dwellings — The materials used in buildings were commonly bricks, sometimes also stones (Lev. 14:40, 42), which were held together by cement (Jer. 43:9) or bitumen (Gen. 11:3). The exterior was usually…
Ephraim, Gate of — One of the gates of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 25:23), on the side of the city looking toward Ephraim, the north side.
Ezra — Help. (1.) A priest among those that returned to Jerusalem under Zerubabel (Neh. 12:1). (2.) The “scribe” who led the second body of exiles that returned from Babylon to Jerusalem B.C. 459, and…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Pine tree — Heb. tidhar, mentioned along with the fir-tree in Isa. 41:19; 60:13. This is probably the cypress; or it may be the stone-pine, which is common on the northern slopes of Lebanon. Some suppose that…
Tabernacles, Feast of — The third of the great annual festivals of the Jews (Lev. 23:33-43). It is also called the “feast of ingathering” (Ex. 23:16; Deut. 16:13). It was celebrated immediately after the harvest, in the…
Tabernacles, The Feast Of — (Exodus 23:16) (“the feast of ingathering”), the third of the three great festivals: of the Hebrews, which lasted from the 15th till the 22d of Tisri.
Tent — (1.) Heb. ‘ohel (Gen. 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isa. 16:5; Jer. 4:20), and of the temple (Ezek. 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1 Kings…
Booth · Tabernacles, to celebrate their wan — Tabernacles, to celebrate their wan
Feast Of Tabernacles, The · The people dwelt in booths during — The people dwelt in booths during

Nehemiah 8:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 8:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 8:16

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 8:16

John Gill on Nehemiah 8:16

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 8:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 8:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 8:16

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 8:16

John Gill on Nehemiah 8:16

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 8:13–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 8:16

Rashi on Nehemiah 8:15