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Nehemiah 13

Neh. 13:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So the merchants
rakal (Hebrew #7402)
to travel for trading
KJV usage: (spice) merchant.
Pronounce: raw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
and sellers
makar (Hebrew #4376)
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
KJV usage: X at all, sell (away, -er, self).
Pronounce: maw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
of all kind of ware
mimkar (Hebrew #4465)
merchandise; abstractly, a selling
KJV usage: X ought, (that which cometh of) sale, that which...sold, ware.
Pronounce: mim-kawr'
Origin: from 4376
lodged
luwn (Hebrew #3885)
a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
KJV usage: abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).
Pronounce: loon
Origin: or liyn {leen}
without
chuwts (Hebrew #2351)
(both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
KJV usage: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Pronounce: khoots
Origin: or (shortened) chuts {khoots}
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}
once
pa`am (Hebrew #6471)
amah {pah-am-aw'}; from 6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
KJV usage: anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ((often-)), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
Pronounce: pah'-am
Origin: or (feminine) pa
or twice
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
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 Tyrian merchants and vendors lodged without Jerusalem once or twice—their very presence being a temptation to the people. (Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 13 by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice.