What Does Nehemiah 3:10 Mean in the King James?

And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.

Nehemiah 3:10 · KJV

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

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THE KEY

The Hebrew word rendered “repaired” means “strengthened,” so restoration takes shape as neighbors reinforce adjoining sections beside a home.

THE MEANING

Shared restoration unfolds through neighboring people strengthening adjoining sections. One stretch faces a home, so the communal boundary and ordinary dwelling meet within the same repair.

THE ROOT

הֶחֱזִיק

heḥĕzîq

GROWS FROM

חזק

To be strong, make firm, strengthen, or take hold.

The verb translated “repaired” grows from the root for making strong and firm. The wall is restored as people give it renewed strength, section by section.

ALSO GROWS

ḥāzaq: Be strong; grow firm.

חָזַק

The related form names strength as a condition, showing the firmness the repair brings to the wall.

ḥizzēq: Strengthen; reinforce.

חִזֵּק

This active form shares the same seed as “repaired”: restoration is the act of giving something renewed strength.

יְדַעְיָה

Yedaʿyāh

GROWS FROM

ידע

To know, recognize, or perceive.

Jedaiah joins yada, “to know,” with Yah: “Yah knows.” The name places knowing beside the hands-on work of strengthening the wall.

ALSO GROWS

yādaʿ: Know; perceive.

יָדַע

This is the knowing carried in the name, adding recognition to the line of repair.

daʿat: Knowledge; knowing.

דַּעַת

The same root can name knowing itself, linking the worker’s name to a knowing presence.

חֲשַׁבְנְיָה

Ḥashabneyāh

GROWS FROM

חשב

To think, reckon, consider, or devise.

Hashabniah joins chashav, “to consider,” with Yah: “Yah has considered.” Alongside Jedaiah, “Yah knows,” the names place knowing and considered attention beside the work.

ALSO GROWS

ḥāshav: Think; reckon; consider.

חָשַׁב

The name carries the idea of consideration into a passage about concrete, shared labor.

maḥashavah: Thought; plan.

מַחֲשָׁבָה

The same root can describe a thought or plan, connecting consideration with work taking shape.

THE PATTERN

A shared structure becomes whole through adjoining contributions that are joined into one work.

So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

Nehemiah 4:6 · KJVThe wall comes together as many people give themselves to one connected work.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

1 Corinthians 3:9 · KJVThe building is shared work, with laborers contributing to a structure that belongs to God.

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

Ephesians 2:21 · KJVThe building grows as its parts are fitted together into one whole.

THE THREAD

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Nehemiah 6:9 · KJV

The same root, ⁨חזק⁩ (ḥ-z-q; ḥazaq, “strengthen”), appears in the plea “strengthen my hands.” The verse also describes hands dropping away from the work with ⁨רפה⁩ (raphah, “release; let the hands drop”), setting the wall’s restoration against the loss of strength that would stop it.

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