OLD GATE (שַׁ֨עַר הַיְשָׁנָ֜ה, the gate of the old [city? or wall?] Jerusalem Bible [at Neh 3:6, but supported only by Syr.] would emend to שַׁ֨עַר הַמִּשְׁנֶֽה, the gate of the Mishneh, the “new” or “second” quarter; cf. Jerusalem, II, C). A city gate on the N side of postexilic Jerusalem. It was rebuilt by Nehemiah, either with the Gate of Ephraim on its W and the Fish Gate on its E, or perhaps equivalent to the former, if Nehemiah 12:39 is read, “above the Gate of Ephraim, namely by the Old Gate”; note how the Ephraim Gate (q.v.) would otherwise remain omitted from 3:3-13.