Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 8:3

וַיִּקְרָ֣א ב֗וֹ לִפְנֵי֙ הָרְח֣וֹב אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִפְנֵ֣י שַׁ֣עַר הַמַּ֡יִם מִן הָ֡אוֹר עַד מַחֲצִ֣ית הַיּ֡וֹם נֶ֡גֶד הָאֲנָשִׁ֡ים וְהַנָּשִׁ֡ים וְהַמְּבִינִ֡ים וְאָזְנֵ֡י כָל הָעָ֡ם אֶל סֵ֡פֶר הַתּוֹרָֽה׃
vayiqraʾ bvo lipney harḥvob ʾasher lipney shaʿar hamayim min haʾvor ʿad maḥaṣiyt hayvom neged haʾanashiym vhanashiym vhambiyniym vʾazney kal haʿam ʾel seper hatvorah
King James Version (KJV)

And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

Modern English

And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

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