Nehemiah 13:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?”

Nehemiah 13:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 13:2713 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/לָ/כֶ֣םwəlākem

conj

הֲ/נִשְׁמַ֗עhănišəmaʿ

call togetherparticleH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

לַ/עֲשֹׂת֙laʿăśōt

accomplishpronH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אֵ֣תʾēt

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/רָעָ֤הhārāʿāh

adversityparticleH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

הַ/גְּדוֹלָה֙hagədwōlāh

elderparticleH1419

aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···

הַ/זֹּ֔אתhazōʾt

hereby (-inparticleH2063

-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···

לִ/מְעֹ֖לliməʿōl

transgresspronH4603

(commit · do a) trespass

בֵּֽ/אלֹהֵ֑י/נוּbēʾlōhēynw

GodpronH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

לְ/הֹשִׁ֖יבləhōšiyb

abidepronH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

נָשִׁ֥יםnāšiym

womannounH802

each · every · female · many ···

נָכְרִיּֽוֹתnākəriywōt

alienadjH5237

foreigner · outlandish · strange(-r · woman)

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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