וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י

   u-min-ne-a-RAI

   and from my young men
2. clause🔊 וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י הֽ͏ֶעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙ עַל־הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים לֹא־יָב֥וֹא מַשָּׂ֖א בְּי֥וֹם הַשַבָּֽת׃

   u-min-ne-a-RAI he-e-mad-TI al-ha-she-a-RIM lo-ya-VO mas-SA be-YOM ha-sha-BAT

   and from my young men I stationed, I set upon the gates that no might come load, burden on the day of the Sabbath
3. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽלֲלוּ֩ שַׁעֲרֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לִפְנֵ֣י הַשַׁבָּ֗ת וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ וַיִּסָּגְר֣וּ הַדְּלָת֔וֹת וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִפְתָּח֔וּם עַ֖ד אַחַ֣ר הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י הֽ͏ֶעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙ עַל־הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים לֹא־יָב֥וֹא מַשָּׂ֖א בְּי֥וֹם הַשַבָּֽת׃

   va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-sha-BAT va-om-RA va-yis-sag-RU had-de-la-TOT va-om-RA a-SHER LO yif-ta-KHUM AD a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT u-min-ne-a-RAI he-e-mad-TI al-ha-she-a-RIM lo-ya-VO mas-SA be-YOM ha-sha-BAT

   and it happened as, when they grew dark gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath and I said and they were shut the doors and I said that, which not they should open them until after the Sabbath and from my young men I stationed, I set upon the gates that no might come load, burden on the day of the Sabbath

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase u-minne'arai he'emadti {וּמִנְּעָרַי הֶעֱמַדְתִּי | u-min-ne-ʿa-rā-yî he-ʿe-maḏ-tî} ‘and I stationed from my young men’ emphasizes personal oversight, and the clause lo yavo masa beyom haShabbat {לֹא־יָבוֹא מַשָּׂא בְּיוֹם הַשַבָּת | lō-yā-vo ma-śāʾ be-yôm ha-šab-bat} ‘that no burden shall come on the Sabbath day’ presents the Sabbath restriction. The English rendering maintains Hebrew sequence and clarity.