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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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Lc. 24:27,45• 27Y comenzando desde Moisés, y de todos los profetas, declarábales en todas las Escrituras lo que de él decían.
 45Entonces les abrió el sentido, para que entendiesen las Escrituras; (Lc. 24:27,45)
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Hch. 8:30• 30Y acudiendo Felipe, le oyó que leía el profeta Isaías, y dijo: Mas ¿entiendes lo que lees? (Hch. 8:30)
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and gave the sense.
Hab. 2:2• 2Y Jehová me respondió, y dijo: Escribe la visión, y declárala en tablas, para que corra el que leyere en ella. (Hab. 2:2)
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Mt. 5:21‑22,27‑28• 21Oísteis que fué dicho á los antiguos: No matarás; mas cualquiera que matare, será culpado del juicio.
 22Mas yo os digo, que cualquiera que se enojare locamente con su hermano, será culpado del juicio; y cualquiera que dijere á su hermano, Raca, será culpado del concejo; y cualquiera que dijere, Fatuo, será culpado del infierno del fuego.
 27Oísteis que fué dicho: No adulterarás:
 28Mas yo os digo, que cualquiera que mira á una mujer para codiciarla, ya adulteró con ella en su corazón. (Mt. 5:21‑22,27‑28)
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Lc. 24:27,32,45• 27Y comenzando desde Moisés, y de todos los profetas, declarábales en todas las Escrituras lo que de él decían.
 32Y decían el uno al otro: ¿No ardía nuestro corazón en nosotros, mientras nos hablaba en el camino, y cuando nos abría las Escrituras?
 45Entonces les abrió el sentido, para que entendiesen las Escrituras; (Lc. 24:27,32,45)
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Hch. 8:30‑35• 30Y acudiendo Felipe, le oyó que leía el profeta Isaías, y dijo: Mas ¿entiendes lo que lees?
 31Y dijo: ¿Y cómo podré, si alguno no me enseñare? Y rogó á Felipe que subiese, y se sentase con él.
 32Y el lugar de la Escritura que leía, era éste: Como oveja á la muerte fué llevado; Y como cordero mudo delante del que le trasquila, Así no abrió su boca:
 33En su humillación su juicio fué quitado: Mas su generación, ¿quién la contará? Porque es quitada de la tierra su vida.
 34Y respondiendo el eunuco á Felipe, dijo: Ruégote ¿de quién el profeta dice esto? ¿ de sí, ó de otro alguno?
 35Entonces Felipe, abriendo su boca, y comenzando desde esta escritura, le anunció el evangelio de Jesús. (Hch. 8:30‑35)
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Hch. 17:2‑3• 2Y Pablo, como acostumbraba, entró á ellos, y por tres sábados disputó con ellos de las Escrituras,
 3Declarando y proponiendo, que convenía que el Cristo padeciese, y resucitase de los muertos; y que Jesús, el cual yo os anuncio, decía él, éste era el Cristo. (Hch. 17:2‑3)
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Hch. 28:23• 23Y habiéndole señalado un día, vinieron á él muchos á la posada, á los cuales declaraba y testificaba el reino de Dios, persuadiéndoles lo concerniente á Jesús, por la ley de Moisés y por los profetas, desde la mañana hasta la tarde. (Hch. 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.