“And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?”
Nehemiah 2:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Nehemiah 2:318 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אֹמַ֣רwāʾōmar
and I saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְlamelekə
to the kingpronH4428
royal
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
לְ/עוֹלָ֣םləʿwōlām
for everpronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
יִחְיֶ֑הyiḥəyeh
may he liveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
מַדּ֜וּעַmadwʿa
why?particleH4069
wherefore · why
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֵרְע֣וּyērəʿw
will they be sadverbH7489
associate selves (by mistake for
פָנַ֗/יpānay
face mynounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הָ/עִ֜ירhāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
בֵּיתbēyt
the house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
קִבְר֤וֹתqibərwōt
the tombs ofnounH6913
grave · sepulchre
אֲבֹתַ/י֙ʾăbōtay
ancestors mynounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
חֲרֵבָ֔הḥărēbāh
decayadjH2717
desolate · destroy · dry · slay ···
וּ/שְׁעָרֶ֖י/הָwšəʿāreyhā
and gates itsconjH8179
door · gate · port
אֻכְּל֥וּʾukəlw
they have been consumedverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
בָ/אֵֽשׁbāʾēš
by firepronH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
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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