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Nehemiah 6:15

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

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וַתִּשְׁלַם֙vatishlamand make amendsשָׁלַםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and make amends”, the next action in the storyH7999to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] s…הַֽחוֹמָ֔הhachomahthe wallחוֹמָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the wall”, the ordinary formH2346a wall of protectionwall, walled.בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥יםbeesrimin twentyעֶשְׂרִיםpreposition, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “in twenty”, the ordinary formH6242twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖הvachamishahand fiveחָמֵשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “and five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).לֶאֱל֑וּלleelulto Elulאֱלוּלpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Elul”H435Elul, the sixth Jewish monthElul.לַחֲמִשִּׁ֥יםlachamishimto fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםpreposition, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “to fifty”, the ordinary formH2572fiftyfifty.וּשְׁנַ֖יִםushenayimand twoשְׁנַיִםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, absolute — “and two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.יֽוֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day;

World English Bible

So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.

Darby Translation

So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

Douay-Rheims

But the wall was finished the five and twentieth day of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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