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Nehemiah 3

Neh. 3:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The valley
gay' (Hebrew #1516)
probably (by transmutation) from the same root as 1466 (abbreviated); a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
KJV usage: valley.
Pronounce: gah'-ee
Origin: or (shortened) gay {gah'-ee}
gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
h repaired
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
Hanun
Chanuwn (Hebrew #2586)
favored; Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites
KJV usage: Hanun.
Pronounce: khaw-noon'
Origin: from 2603
, and the inhabitants
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
of Zanoah
Zanowach (Hebrew #2182)
rejected; Zanoach, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Zanoah.
Pronounce: zaw-no'-akh
Origin: from 2186
; they built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
it, and set up
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
the doors
deleth (Hebrew #1817)
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door
KJV usage: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.).
Pronounce: deh'-leth
Origin: from 1802
thereof, the locks
man`uwl (Hebrew #4514)
from 5274; a bolt
KJV usage: lock.
Pronounce: man-ool'
Origin: or maniul {man-ool'}
thereof, and the bars
briyach (Hebrew #1280)
a bolt
KJV usage: bar, fugitive.
Pronounce: ber-ee'-akh
Origin: from 1272
thereof, and a thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
cubits
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
on the wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
unto the dung
'ashpoth (Hebrew #830)
or (contraction) shphoth {shef-ohth'}; plural of a noun of the same form as 827, from 8192 (in the sense of scraping); a heap of rubbish or filth
KJV usage: dung (hill).
Pronounce: ash-pohth'
Origin: or uashpowth {ash-pohth'}
gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
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Neh. 2:13• 13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. (Neh. 2:13)
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Neh. 2:13• 13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. (Neh. 2:13)

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Dung-Gate,
Gate,
Hanun,
Locks,
Vale; Valley,
Walls,
Zanoah

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the valley gate.
Neh. 2:13• 13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. (Neh. 2:13)
Zanoah.There were two towns of the name of Zanoah in the tribe of Judah:
see the parallel passages.
Neh. 11:30• 30Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. (Neh. 11:30)
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Josh. 15:34,56• 34And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
 56And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, (Josh. 15:34,56)
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1 Chron. 4:18• 18And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. (1 Chron. 4:18)
• Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah are also to be noted: they repaired 1000 cubits of the wall — around 1460 feet! Let’s not forget that the stones that made up these walls were huge blocks; this was a mammoth undertaking. Furthermore, it was not the most glamorous piece of wall; it stretched from the Valley gate unto the Dung gate. (“Fellow-Workman - Neh. 3:1-32” by N. Simon)
• Geographically a valley is a low point; spiritually, it could speak of a low point in our lives. ... (Psa. 23:4). David could walk in the valley of the shadow of death but without fear of evil, for Jehovah his Shepherd was with him....Notice, that in connection with the valley gate, we have the only dimension given: “a thousand cubits on the wall”(Neh. 3:13). This was no small distance; something more than a quarter of a mile! The labor expended to move those huge blocks of stone would have been considerable. What God permits in our lives, however, is precisely measured according to the need. (“The Gates - Neh. 3:1-32” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate.