Nehemia 4:18

4:18 The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter ¹  remained with me.

Nehemia 7:65

7:65 The governor ²  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ³  the Urim and Thummim.

[4:18]  ¹ tn Heb “the one blowing the shophar.”

[7:65]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “stood.”