## Rashi on Nehemiah Chapter 11

###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:1:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:1:1)

**אֶחָד מִן הָעֲשָׂרָה.** שֶׁבְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, לְמַעַן יֵשְׁבוּ בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם לִשְׁמֹר הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one of ten** of Israel, so that they should dwell in Jerusalem to guard the city.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:1:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:1:2)

**וְתֵשַׁע הַיָּדוֹת.** תִּשְׁעָה חֲלָקִים שֶׁבְּיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and nine parts** nine parts of Israel.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:2:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:2:1)

**הַמִּתְנַדְּבִים.** אֲשֶׁר נָדְבָה רוּחָם אוֹתָם לִהְיוֹת יוֹשְׁבִים בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם לִשְׁמֹר הָעִיר מִן הָאוֹיְבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who volunteered** whose spirit inspired them to volunteer to dwell in Jerusalem to guard the city from enemies.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:3:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:3:1)

**וְאֵלֶּה רָאשֵׁי הַמְּדִינָה אֲשֶׁר יָשְׁבוּ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם.** הוּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּסָמוּךְ **וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם יָשְׁבוּ בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And these are the heads of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem** these are the ones regarding whom it is stated below: “And in Jerusalem there dwelt of the children of Judah, etc.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:4:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:4:1)

**מִבְּנֵי יְהוּדָה עֲתָיָה וְגוֹ׳.** חוֹזֵר וּמְפָרֵשׁ **מִבְּנֵי יְהוּדָה** מִי וָמִי הָיוּ. וְכָל הַפָּרָשָׁה אֵינָהּ מוֹנָה כִּי אִם הַגְּדוֹלִים וְהַחֲשׁוּבִים שֶׁבָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of the children of Judah: Athaiah, etc.** He returns to explain who those ‘of the children of Judah’ were, and the entire chapter enumerates only the great and esteemed ones among them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:9:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:9:1)

**פָּקִיד.** מְמֻנֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the official** the one appointed.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:9:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:9:2)

**מִשְׁנֶה.** אַחַר (הַפָּקִיד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the second in command** after [the official].


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:11:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:11:1)

**נָגִיד.** מְמֻנֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the official** [as translated,] the official.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:11:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:11:2)

**נְגִיד בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים.** מְמֻנֶּה עַל בֵּית אֱלֹהִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the official over the Temple of God** appointed over the Temple of God.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:12:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:12:1)

**וַאֲחֵיהֶם עֹשֵׂה הַמְּלָאכָה לַבָּיִת.** וְחַבְרֵיהֶם שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹבְדִים עֲבוֹדַת הַבַּיִת וְקָרְבְּנוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And their brethren who performed the work of the Temple** and their colleagues, who were performing the service of the Temple and its sacrifices.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:13:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:13:1)

**רָאשִׁים לְאָבוֹת.** רָאשֵׁי בֵית אָב מִמִּשְׁפְּחוֹת הַכֹּהֲנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**rulers over the fathers’ houses** the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priestly families.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:14:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:14:1)

**וּפָקִיד עֲלֵיהֶם.** מְמֻנֶּה עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the official over them** the one appointed over them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:16:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:16:1)

**עַל הַמְּלָאכָה הַחִיצוֹנָה.** אֲשֶׁר לַבַּיִת, כְּגוֹן בִּנְיָנֵי בֶדֶק הַבַּיִת וַעֲצֵי הַמַּעֲרָכָה שֶׁהָיוּ מְבִיאִים מִבַּחוּץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over the outside work** of the Temple, such as the buildings of the repair of the Temple (sic) and the wood of the arrangement, which they would bring from outside.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:17:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:17:1)

**רֹאשׁ הַתְּחִלָּה יְהוֹדֶה לַתְּפִלָּה.** הוּא הָיָה **רֹאשׁ** וּמְמֻנֶּה וְגָדוֹל לִפְתֹּחַ תְּחִלָּה לְהוֹדוֹת **בַּתְּפִלָּה** וּבִזְמִירוֹת שִׁירוֹתֵיהֶם שֶׁל לְוִיִּם. **יְהוֹדֶה** כְּמוֹ יוֹדֶה, וְהַהֵ״א נִכְנֶסֶת בַּתֵּיבָה שֶׁלֹּא לְצֹרֶךְ, כְּמוֹ יוֹסֵף יְהוֹסֵף (תהלים פא:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the head to begin the thanksgiving in prayer** He was the head and the appointed official, and the greatest one who was first to start and to thank in prayer and in singing the songs of the Levites. יְהוֹדֶה is like יוֹדֶה, and the “hey” enters the word unnecessarily, like יוֹסֵף and יְהוֹסֵף.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:19:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:19:1)

**וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִים.** מְמֻנִּין עַל שַׁעֲרֵי הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the gatekeepers** those appointed over the gates of the Temple.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:20:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:20:1)

**אִישׁ בְּנַחֲלָתוֹ.** כָּל אֶחָד בְּנַחֲלָתוֹ הָיוּ יוֹשְׁבִים׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**each one in his inheritance** They were dwelling each one in his inheritance.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:21:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:21:1)

**בָּעֹפֶל.** מָקוֹם אֶחָד אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the Ophel** a place that was in Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:21:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:21:2)

**עַל הַנְּתִינִים.** מְמֻנִּים **עַל הַנְּתִינִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over the Nethinites** appointed over the Nethinites.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:22:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:22:1)

**וּפְקִיד הַלְוִיִּם.** מְמֻנֶּה עַל הַלְוִיִּם אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִַם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the official over the Levites** appointed over the Levites in Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:22:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:22:2)

**לְנֶגֶד מְלֶאכֶת.** עַל מְלֶאכֶת הַבַּיִת מְמֻנֶּה, כְּגוֹן בִּנְיָנֵי בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת וּשְׁאָר דְּבָרִים שֶׁמּוֹצִיאִין מָמוֹן לְמַעֲשֵׂה (לְמַעֲשַׂר) הַבַּיִת, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְמַעְלָה ״וְשַׁבְּתַי וְיוֹזָבָד עַל הַמְּלָאכָה הַחִיצוֹנָה וְגוֹ׳״ (נחמיה יא:טז)׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over the work of the Temple of God** He was appointed over the work of the Temple, such as the buildings of the repair of the Temple and the rest of the matters for which money is spent for the work of the Temple, like the matter that is stated above (verse 16): “...and Shabbethai and Jazabad over the outside work, etc.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:23:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:23:1)

**כִּי מִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶם.** וְהַמֶּלֶךְ הָיָה מַאֲמִין בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the command of the king was upon them and [his] trust** The king trusted them.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:23:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:23:2)

**עַל הַמְשׁוֹרְרִים.** לְהוֹצִיא מָמוֹן מֵאוֹצַר הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּרְיָוֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**upon the singers** to spend money from King Darius’s treasury.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:23:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:23:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:23:3)

**דָּבָר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ.** כְּדֵי לַעֲשׂוֹת צָרְכֵי הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the daily requirements** in order to perform the requirements of the Temple.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:24:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:24:1)

**לְיַד הַמֶּלֶךְ.** הוּא הָיָה מִצְרָן לַעֲצַת הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּרְיָוֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the king’s hand** He was privy to King Darius’s counsel.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:24:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:24:2)

**לְכָל דָּבָר.** לְכָל דִּבְרֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר לָעָם לְדַבֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for every matter** for every matter that concerned the people, to speak to the king on their behalf.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 11:36:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 11:36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/11:36:1)

**מַחְלְקוֹת יְהוּדָה לְבִנְיָמִין.** הָיוּ מְחַלְּקִין בְּמַחְלְקוֹתָם אָנָה וָאָנָה בְּאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there were divisions to Judah and to Benjamin** They were divided into their divisions here and there in the land of Judah and Benjamin.