“Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.”
Nehemiah 13:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Nehemiah 13:217 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֹ֧אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
קִדְּמ֛וּqidəmw
they had metverbH6923
) before · disappoint · meet · prevent
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּנֵ֥יbənēy
the people ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
בַּ/לֶּ֣חֶםbaleḥem
with foodpronH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
וּ/בַ/מָּ֑יִםwbamāyim
and with waterconjH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
וַ/יִּשְׂכֹּ֨רwayiśəkōr
and he had hiredconjH7936
hire · reward · surely
עָלָ֤י/וʿālāyw
on itpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בִּלְעָם֙biləʿām
BalaamnounH1109
Bileam
לְ/קַֽלְל֔/וֹləqaləlwō
to curse itpronH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
וַ/יַּהֲפֹ֧ךְwayahăpōkə
and he turnedconjH2015
become · come · be converted · give ···
אֱלֹהֵ֛י/נוּʾĕlōhēynw
God ournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הַ/קְּלָלָ֖הhaqəlālāh
the curseparticleH7045
-ing)
לִ/בְרָכָֽהlibərākāh
into blessingpronH1293
liberal · pool · present
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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