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Nehemiah 2:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.


Nehemiah 2:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 2:519 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אֹמַ֣רwāʾōmar
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְlamelekə
kingpronH4428
royal
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
ט֔וֹבṭwōb
be betteradjH2895
cheer · be (do · seem) good · goodly ···
וְ/אִםwəʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יִיטַ֥בyiyṭab
be acceptedverbH3190
amend · use aright · benefit · be better ···
עַבְדְּ/ךָ֖ʿabədəkā
bondmannounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
לְ/פָנֶ֑י/ךָləpāneykā
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אֲשֶׁ֧רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣/נִיtišəlāḥēniy
appointverbH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוּדָ֗הyəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עִ֛ירʿiyr
AinounH5892
city · court · town
קִבְר֥וֹתqibərwōt
burying placenounH6913
grave · sepulchre
אֲבֹתַ֖/יʾăbōtay
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/אֶבְנֶֽ/נָּהwəʾebənenāh
buildconjH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
Words 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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