Tanach
Ezra 3:8-9 עזרא ג׳:ח׳-ט׳
Part of: Chapter 3Setumah, Ezra 3:9
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וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְבוֹאָם אֶל־בֵּית הָֽאֱלֹהִים לִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי הֵחֵלּוּ זְרֻבָּבֶל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל וְיֵשׁוּעַ בֶּן־יֽוֹצָדָק וּשְׁאָר אֲחֵיהֶם ׀ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וְכׇל־הַבָּאִים מֵהַשְּׁבִי יְרֽוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וַיַּעֲמִידוּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְנַצֵּחַ עַל־מְלֶאכֶת בֵּית־יְהֹוָֽה׃
And in the second year of their coming to the house of G-d, to Jerusalem, in the second month [(Iyyar)], they began [(the building of the Temple)] — Zerubavel the son of She'altiel and Yeshua the son of Tzaddok and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem. And they set up the Levites, from twenty years and older, to officiate [(in song)] at the building of the house of the L-rd.
And in the second year of their coming to the house of G-d, to Jerusalem, in the second month [(Iyyar)], they began [(the building of the Temple)] — Zerubavel the son of She'altiel and Yeshua the son of Tzaddok and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem. And they set up the Levites, from twenty years and older, to officiate [(in song)] at the building of the house of the L-rd.
Rashi
מהשבי. כל אותן שבאו מהשביה לירושלים:
from the captivity all those who came from the captivity to Jerusalem.
ויעמידו. העמידו הלוים המשוררים לנצח ולומר שירה לפני הבונים בשעת בניין יסוד הבית:
and they stationed They stationed the Levite singers to harmonize and to recite a song before the builders at the time of the building of the foundation of the Temple.
לנצח. שני נצוחות הללו הם ניצוחי שירה כמו למנצח (בנגינות) מזמור לדוד (תהילים ד׳:א׳):
to conduct Heb. לְנַצֵחַ. These two expressions of נִצוּחַ are harmonies of song, like (Ps. 4:1): “To the conductor (לַּמְנַצֵחַ), a song of David.”
וַיַּעֲמֹד יֵשׁוּעַ בָּנָיו וְאֶחָיו קַדְמִיאֵל וּבָנָיו בְּנֵֽי־יְהוּדָה כְּאֶחָד לְנַצֵּחַ עַל־עֹשֵׂה הַמְּלָאכָה בְּבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים {ס} בְּנֵי חֵֽנָדָד בְּנֵיהֶם וַאֲחֵיהֶם הַלְוִיִּֽם׃
And Yeshua, his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, (of) the sons of Judah, stood as one to officiate [(in song)] around the doers of the work in the house of G-d, (together with) the sons of Chenadad, (and) their sons and their brothers, the Levites.
And Yeshua, his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, (of) the sons of Judah, stood as one to officiate [(in song)] around the doers of the work in the house of G-d, (together with) the sons of Chenadad, (and) their sons and their brothers, the Levites.
Rashi
ויעמוד ישוע. עמדו ואמרו שירה ביחד סביב עושי מלאכ' יסוד הבית:
And Jeshua...stood They stood and recited the song together around the ones who did the work of the foundation of the Temple.
בחדש השני. הוא חדש אייר:
in the second month That is the month of Iyar.