What Does Nehemiah 11:23 Mean in the King James?

For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

Nehemiah 11:23 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The singers’ daily portion is part of the king’s command, revealing that their song is sustained by provision built into the rhythm of each day.

THE MEANING

This verse shows you the singers’ service matched by a daily provision: their support is built into the order that sustains their work. The day’s portion meets the day’s need.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It dissolves the idea that sacred song should be separated from material support: the singers receive an appointed portion each day.

THE ROOT

וְאָמָנָה

ve’amanah

GROWS FROM

אמן

ʾ-m-n

To be firm, support, or uphold.

The word rendered “portion” is ⁨וְאָמָנָה⁩ (ve’amanah), an allotted provision associated with the root of firmness and support. Its kinship with ⁨אֱמוּנָה⁩ (emunah, steadiness or faithfulness) and ⁨אָמֵן⁩ (amen, firm confirmation) lets the daily allotment carry a sense of dependable support.

ALSO GROWS

emunah: Firmness, steadiness, faithfulness.

אֱמוּנָה

This branch connects the singers’ appointed portion with dependable support that holds steady.

amen: Firm, true; so be it.

אָמֵן

This branch carries the root’s sense of something confirmed and established, echoing provision made part of the king’s order.

THE PATTERN

Sustaining work is met by provision apportioned in a daily rhythm.

Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

Exodus 16:4 · KJVThe provision is gathered one day at a time, meeting the need of each day.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Psalm 68:19 · KJVThe verse names provision as a daily giving, making recurring care part of the pattern.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Matthew 6:11 · KJVThe request places sustenance within the measure of this day.

THE THREAD

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:23 · KJV

The word “faithfulness” comes from the same Hebrew root, ⁨אמן⁩ (ʾ-m-n), associated with the singers’ “portion.” Here the daily provision and what is steady share a root: support arrives as something dependable, renewed day by day.

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