# 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

leader or chief administrator. See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 3:9](../03/09.md).

# 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. Alternate translation: "repaired the wall up to the place ... Levites repaired the wall" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# mighty men

"warriors"