# Nehemiah ... Azbuk ... Rehum ... Bani ... Hashabiah

These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Nehemiah son of Azbuk, the ruler

Nehemiah was the ruler, not Azbuk.

# Nehemiah

This is a different man named Nehemiah from the person who authored this book.

# ruler

"chief administrator" or "leader"

# half the district

"Half" means one part out of two equal parts. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])

# Beth Zur ... Keilah

These are names of places. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# repaired to the place ... Levites repaired

These phrases refer to repairing the wall. AT: "repaired the wall up to the place ... Levites repaired the wall" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# mighty men

"warriors"

# for his district

"representing his district" or "on behalf of his district"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tomb]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/house]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mighty]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/levite]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruler]]