Bible: Nehemiah’s Building of the Temple
The Biblical Book of Nehemiah is superficially about the building of a “temple”, but actually teaches how to convert people into a caste of secret assistants, separated from the majority.
Introduction
The Book of Nehemiah and the very similar Book of Ezra are 2 stories about the building of a temple in Jerusalem. As the word “temple” puns with “retinue”, and “Jerusalem” with “secret informant”, the texts are really about the building of a retinue of secret informants for the aristocratic overlords, presumably “ze Jews”.
I have only decrypted a very short snippet of Nehemiah’s ending here, one that isn’t found in Ezra: The handlers manipulate the converts into separating from the common majority, by telling them that regular commoners will not treat them well. Because the overlords are using their agents as tools against the majority, this is a self-fulfilling prophesy.
How to read this
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- Pun vocabulary is in red, whenever the meaning differs. All vocabulary is linked to online dictionaries.
- Please read the introduction, the interchangeability rules, and judge yourself whether I got it right.
- Religious readers should proceed with care.
Building of the secret retinue
Secret informants and their leaders are appointed.
Nehemiah 12:47
Encrypted: And all veiled assistants in the days of the Confuser of Assistants and in the days of the Confuser gave out the appointments of the informers and the watchers, the leaders of those people among the people, and the separating into the retinues, and the retinues were separated into the men to be assistants.
Official: And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave out the food portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, a matter of a day in its day, and the consecrated things for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them for the sons of Aaron.
And all
כל kl: whole
וכל wkl
כל kl: whole
And all
veiled assistants
עזר ˁzr: help, assist; רעל rˁl: veil
ישראל yšrˀl
ישראל yšrˀl: Israel
Israel
in the days
ב־ b-: in; יום ywm: day
בימי bymy
ב־ b-: in; יום ywm: day
in the days
of the Confuser of Assistants [???]
עזר ˁzr: help, assist; בלבל blbl: confuse
זרבבל zrbbl
זרבבל zrbbl: Zerubbabel
of Zerubbabel
and in the days
ב־ b-: in; יום ywm: day
ובימי wbymy
ב־ b-: in; יום ywm: day
and in the days
of the Confuser [???]
נ־ n-: make; המם hmm: confuse; המימה hmymh: confounding
נחמיה nḥmyh
נחמיה nḥmyh: Nehemiah
of Nehemiah
gave out
נתן ntn: give, appoint
נתנים ntnym
נתן ntn: give, appoint
gave out
the appointments
מנת mnt: appointment
מניות mnywt
מנת mnt: part, portion
the [food??] portions
of the informers
מסור mswr: informer, traitor
המשררים hmšrrym
מ־ m-: of; שיר šyr: song, sing
of the singers
and the watchers,
שור šwr: behold, watcher
והשערים whšˁrym
שוער šwˁr: gatekeeper, doorkeeper
and the gatekeepers,
the leaders
דבר dbr: lead, leader
דבר dbr
דבר dbr: word, thing, matter
a matter
of [those] people
עם ˁm: people
יום ywm
יום ywm: day
of a day [??]
among the people,
ב־ b-: among; עם ˁm: people
ביומו bywmw
ב־ b-: in; יום ywm: day
in its day [??],
and the separating [?]
קדש qdš: cut off, set apart, separated
ומקדשים wmqdšym
קדש qdš: holy, consecrate
and the consecrated [things]
into the retinues,
ל־ l-: into; לוי lwy: retinue
ללוים llwym
ל־ l-: for; לויי lwyy: Levite
for the Levites,
and the retinues
לוי lwy: retinue
והלוים whlwym
לויי lwyy: Levite
and the Levites
were separated
מ־ m-: of; קדש qdš: cut off, set apart, separated
מקדשים mqdšym
מ־ m-: of; קדש qdš: holy, consecrate
consecrated [them]
into the men
ל־ l-: for; בן bn: son, man
לבני lbny
ל־ l-: for; בן bn: son, man
for the sons
[to be] assistants.
הירנא hyrnˀ: helper, assistant, backer, supporter
אהרן ˀhrn
אהרון ˀhrwn: Aaron
of Aaron.
Secret assistants are separated by forbidding them to associate with other commoners.
Nehemiah 13:1
Encrypted: On the day that one they read from the book of veiling in the hearing of the people, and was found written in it that not should come one of the multitudes or one of the crowds into the assembly of the secret people for ever.
Official: On the day that one they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and was found written in it that not should come an Ammonite or Moabite into the assembly of God for ever.
On the day
יום ywm: day
ביום bywm
יום ywm: day
On the day
that [one]
הוא hwˀ: he, she
ההוא hhwˀ
הוא hwˀ: he, she
that [one]
they read
קרא qrˀ: call, read
נקרא nqrˀ
קרא qrˀ: call, read
they read
from the book
ספר spr: book
בספר bspr
ספר spr: book
from the book
of veiling
מסוה mswh: cover, veil
משה mšh
משה mšh: Moses
of Moses
in the hearing
אזן ˀzn: ear, hear
באזני bˀzny
אזן ˀzn: ear, hear
in the hearing
of the people,
עם ˁm: people
העם hˁm
עם ˁm: people
of the people,
and was found
מצא mṣˀ: attain to
ונמצא wnmṣˀ
מצא mṣˀ: attain to
and was found
written
כתב ktb: write
כתוב ktwb
כתב ktb: write
written
in it
ב־ b-: in; ־ו -w: it
בו bw
ב־ b-: in; ־ו -w: it
in it
that
אשר ˀšr: who, which
אשר ˀšr
אשר ˀšr: who, which
that
not
לא lˀ: not
לא lˀ
לא lˀ: not
not
[should] come
בוא bwˀ: come in
יבוא ybwˀ
בוא bwˀ: come in
[should] come
[one of] the multitudes
המון hmwn: crowd, multitude
עמני ˁmny
עמוני ˁmwny: Ammonite
an Ammonite
or [one of] the crowds
אמבוה ˀmbwh: crowd
ומאבי wmˀby
מואבי mwˀby: Moabite
or Moabite
into the assembly
ב־ b-: in; קהל qhl: assembly
בקהל bqhl
ב־ b-: in; קהל qhl: assembly
into the assembly
of the secret [people]
עלם ˁlm: hidden, secret
האלהים hˀlhym
אלהים ˀlhym: God, god
of God
for
עד ˁd: as far as, even to
עד ˁd
עד ˁd: as far as, even to
for
ever.
עולם ˁwlm: ever
עולם ˁwlm
עולם ˁwlm: ever
ever.
Nehemiah 13:2
Encrypted: Because not would they meet the men who are veiled assistants with agreement and with trust, but would carefully look upon them to reveal them to uncover them. But would turn our secrecy any uncovered part into a new veil.
Official: Because not had they met the sons of Israel with bread and with water, but hired against them Balaam to curse them. But turned our God the curse into a blessing.
Because
כי ky: that, for
כי ky
כי ky: that, for
Because
not
לא lˀ: not
לא lˀ
לא lˀ: not
not
[would] they meet
קדם qdm: given, receive
קדמו qdmw
קדם qdm: given, receive
had they met
את ˀt: to
את ˀt
את ˀt: to
the men
בן bn: son
בני bny
בן bn: son
the sons
[who are] veiled assistants
עזר ˁzr: help, assist; רעל rˁl: veil
ישראל yšrˀl
ישראל yšrˀl: Israel
of Israel
with agreement
ב־ b-: with; לחם lḥm: suitable, fitting, agree with
בלחם blḥm
ב־ b-: with; לחם lḥm: bread, food
with bread
and with trust,
ב־ b-: with; מהימן mhymn: trust, trustworthy
ובמים wbmym
ב־ b-: with; מים mym: water
and with water,
but [would] carefully look [?]
סקר sqr: look at with care, review
וישכר wyškr
שכר škr: wages, reward
but hired
upon them
על ˁl: upon, against
עליו ˁlyw
על ˁl: upon, against
against them
את ˀt: to
את ˀt
את ˀt: to
to reveal them [???]
יבל ybl: out, revealed; ־ם -m: them
בלעם blˁm
בלעם blˁm: Balaam
Balaam
to uncover them.
גללה gllh: revelation; גלה glh: uncover
לקללו lqllw
קלל qll: be slight
to curse them.
But [would] turn
הפך hpk: turn
ויהפך wyhpk
הפך hpk: turn
But turned
our secrecy
עלם ˁlm: secret
אלהינו ˀlhynw
אלהים ˀlhym: God, god
our God
[any?] uncovered [part???]
גללה gllh: revelation; גלה glh: uncover
הקללה hqllh
קללה qllh: curse
the curse
into a [new?] veil.
ל־ l-: into; ברכה brkh: blessing
לברכה lbrkh
ל־ l-: into; ברכה brkh: blessing
into a blessing.
Nehemiah 13:3
Encrypted: So it was that when they had heard this law, they separated all the mixed multitude from the veiled assistants.
Official: So it was that when they had heard this law, they separated all the mixed multitude from the Israelites.
[So it] was [that]
היה hyh: be
ויהי wyhy
היה hyh: be
[So it] was [that]
[when they] had heard
שמע šmˁ: hear
כשמעם kšmˁm
שמע šmˁ: hear
[when they] had heard
את ˀt: to
את ˀt
את ˀt: to
[this] law,
תורה twrh: direction, instruction
התורה htwrh
תורה twrh: direction, instruction
[this] law,
they separated
בדל bdl: To separate, divide
ויבדילו wybdylw
בדל bdl: To separate, divide
they separated
all
כל kl: whole
כל kl
כל kl: whole
all
the mixed multitude
ערב ˁrb: mixed multitude
ערב ˁrb
ערב ˁrb: mixed multitude
the mixed multitude
from the veiled assistants.
מ־ m-: from; עזר ˁzr: help, assist; רעל rˁl: veil
מישראל myšrˀl
מ־ m-: from; ישראל yšrˀl: Israel
from the Israelites.