“And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.”
Nehemiah 13:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Nehemiah 13:2221 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אֹמְרָ֣/הwāʾōmərāh
and I said !conjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לַ/לְוִיִּ֗םlaləwiyim
to the LevitespronH3881
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִֽהְי֤וּyihəyw
they will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מִֽטַּהֲרִים֙miṭahăriym
purifying themselvesverbH2891
make self · pronounce) clean · cleanse · purge ···
וּ/בָאִים֙wbāʾiym
and comingconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
שֹׁמְרִ֣יםšōməriym
guardingverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֔יםhašəʿāriym
the gatesparticleH8179
door · gate · port
לְ/קַדֵּ֖שׁləqadēš
to keep holypronH6942
bid · consecrate · dedicate · defile ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
י֣וֹםywōm
the day ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/שַּׁבָּ֑תhašabāt
the sabbathparticleH7676
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֹאת֙zōʾt
thisprepH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
זָכְרָ/הzākərāh
remember !verbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
לִּ֣/יliy
pron
אֱלֹהַ֔/יʾĕlōhay
O God mynounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וְ/ח֥וּסָ/הwəḥwsāh
and have mercy !conjH2347
regard · spare
עָלַ֖/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כְּ/רֹ֥בkərōb
according to the greatness ofpronH7230
all · common · excellent · great(-ly ···
חַסְדֶּֽ/ךָḥasədekā
covenant loyalty yournounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
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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