“Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.”
Nehemiah 2:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Nehemiah 2:1723 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אוֹמַ֣רwāʾwōmar
and I saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲלֵ/הֶ֗םʾălēhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַתֶּ֤םʾatem
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
רֹאִים֙rōʾiym
are seeingverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
הָ/רָעָה֙hārāʿāh
the troubleparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֲנַ֣חְנוּʾănaḥənw
weprepH587
us · we
בָ֔/הּbāh
pron
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙yərwšālaim
JerusalemnounH3389
חֲרֵבָ֔הḥărēbāh
decayadjH2717
desolate · destroy · dry · slay ···
וּ/שְׁעָרֶ֖י/הָwšəʿāreyhā
and gates itsconjH8179
door · gate · port
נִצְּת֣וּniṣətw
they have been burnedverbH3341
be desolate · set fire · kindle
בָ/אֵ֑שׁbāʾēš
with firepronH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
לְכ֗וּləkw
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
וְ/נִבְנֶה֙wənibəneh
so we may rebuildconjH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
חוֹמַ֣תḥwōmat
the wall ofnounH2346
walled
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םyərwšālaim
JerusalemnounH3389
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נִהְיֶ֥הnihəyeh
we will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
ע֖וֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
חֶרְפָּֽהḥerəpāh
a reproachnounH2781
reproach · shame
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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