Rashi, on Neh 11:2

“And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.”

“who volunteered whose spirit inspired them to volunteer to dwell in Jerusalem to guard the city from enemies.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.