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Nehemiah 11

Neh. 11:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
all the men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
, that willinglye offered
nadab (Hebrew #5068)
to impel; hence, to volunteer (as a soldier), to present spontaneously
KJV usage: offer freely, be (give, make, offer self) willing(-ly).
Pronounce: naw-dab'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves to dwell
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
at Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
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Judg. 5:9• 9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord. (Judg. 5:9)

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Ministry on This Verse

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blessed.
Deut. 24:13• 13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God. (Deut. 24:13)
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Job 29:13• 13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. (Job 29:13)
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Job 31:20• 20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; (Job 31:20)
willingly.
Judg. 5:9• 9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord. (Judg. 5:9)
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2 Cor. 8:16‑17• 16But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
 17For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. (2 Cor. 8:16‑17)
• It was, no doubt, quite a sacrifice to leave their fields and flocks, and perhaps, their ancestral villages, to dwell in Jerusalem. The cost, however, to these individuals and families seems to have paled in comparison to the blessing associated with dwelling in that “holy city.” (“Jerusalem - Neh. 11:1-3” by N. Simon)
• Those on whom the lot fell went of necessity; but those who willingly offered themselves were moved by their own choice and affection. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 11” by E. Dennett)
• "The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob"; and hence it must have been acceptable to Jehovah Himself when these men expressed their desire to dwell at Jerusalem. The people seem to have understood this, for they blessed those who thus came forward. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 11” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.