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Nehemiah 8

Neh. 8:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So they read
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
in the book
cepher (Hebrew #5612)
from 5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV usage: bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Pronounce: say'-fer
Origin: or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8 (9)) {sif-raw'}
in the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
distinctly
parash (Hebrew #6567)
to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify); also (by implication) to wound
KJV usage: scatter, declare, distinctly, shew, sting.
Pronounce: paw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
, and gave
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
the sense
sekel (Hebrew #7922)
from 7919; intelligence; by implication, success
KJV usage: discretion, knowledge, policy, prudence, sense, understanding, wisdom, wise.
Pronounce: seh'-kel
Origin: or sekel {say'-kel}
, and caused them to understand
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
i the reading
miqra' (Hebrew #4744)
something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
KJV usage: assembly, calling, convocation, reading.
Pronounce: mik-raw'
Origin: from 7121
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Luke 24:27,45• 27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
 45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, (Luke 24:27,45)
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Acts 8:30• 30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? (Acts 8:30)
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and gave the sense.
Hab. 2:2• 2And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. (Hab. 2:2)
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Matt. 5:21‑22,27‑28• 21Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
 22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
 27Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
 28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matt. 5:21‑22,27‑28)
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Luke 24:27,32,45• 27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
 32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
 45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, (Luke 24:27,32,45)
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Acts 8:30‑35• 30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
 31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
 32The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
 33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
 34And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
 35Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. (Acts 8:30‑35)
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Acts 17:2‑3• 2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
 3Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. (Acts 17:2‑3)
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Acts 28:23• 23And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. (Acts 28:23)
• When the Lord can take delight in our walk — a dependent walk of obedience to Him and His word — then we have strength; it’s neither numbers nor our own estimation of ourselves that count. (“The Gates - Neh. 3:1-32” by N. Simon)
• It is important to present the Scriptures in a way that is orderly and clear. Timothy received “an outline of sound words” from the Apostle Paul (2 Tim. 1:13). Luke wrote an orderly account of events to Theophilus (Luke 1:3). (“Reading the Book of the Law of Moses - Neh. 8:1-12” by N. Simon)
• It must be remembered that the people had dwelt long in Babylon, and that many of them, under the influence of their surroundings, had adopted Babylonish habits and ways, and even the Babylonish tongue. The sacred language, the language too of their fathers, had thus fallen into disuse and had in many cases been forgotten....It became necessary therefore to cause the people to understand the law, to read it distinctly or with an interpretation, to give the sense, and to cause them to understand the reading. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 8:1-12” by E. Dennett)
• The true function of the teacher is to give the sense of the Scriptures, to explain what they mean, and to cause their hearers to understand their import. There will be also the application of the Word to the state and needs of the people; but even in this, as in the case before us, it will be as guided of the Holy Spirit to the suited portions. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 8:1-12” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they read in the law of God distinctly out of the book, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.