Nehemia 7:65

7:65 The governor ¹  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ²  the Urim and Thummim.

Nehemia 9:16

9:16 “But they – our ancestors ³  – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled ⁴  and did not obey your commandments.

Nehemia 10:1

10:1 On the sealed documents were the following names: ⁵ 

Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, along with Zedekiah,

Nehemia 11:17

11:17 Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the praise ⁶  leader who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his colleagues; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

[7:65]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’; KJV “Tirshatha”) is the official title of a Persian governor in Judea. In meaning it may be similar to “excellency” (cf. NAB). See further BDB 1077 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395; HALOT 1798 s.v.

[7:65]  ² tn Heb “stood.”

[9:16]  ³ tn Heb “and our fathers.” The vav is explicative.

[9:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck” (so also in the following verse).

[10:1]  ⁵ tn The words “were the following names” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity. Cf. vv. 9, 10, 14.

[11:17]  ⁶ tc The translation reads with the Lucianic Greek recension and Vulgate הַתְּהִלָה (hattÿhilah, “the praise”) rather than the MT reading הַתְּחִלָּה (hattÿkhillah, “the beginning”).