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Nehemiah 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.


Nehemiah 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 2:830 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אִגֶּ֡רֶתwəʾigeret
and a letterconjH107
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָסָף֩ʾāsāp
AsaphnounH623
שֹׁמֵ֨רšōmēr
the keeper ofverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הַ/פַּרְדֵּ֜סhaparədēs
the forestparticleH6508
orchard
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְlamelekə
belongs to the kingpronH4428
royal
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִתֶּןyiten
he will giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לִ֣/יliy
pron
עֵצִ֡יםʿēṣiym
woodnounH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
לְ֠/קָרוֹתləqārwōt
to make beams forpronH7136
lay beams · befall · bring · come ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שַׁעֲרֵ֨יšaʿărēy
the gates ofnounH8179
door · gate · port
הַ/בִּירָ֤הhabiyrāh
the citadelparticleH1002
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לַ/בַּ֨יִת֙labayit
belongs to the housepronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
וּ/לְ/חוֹמַ֣תwləḥwōmat
and for the wall ofconjH2346
walled
הָ/עִ֔ירhāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
וְ/לַ/בַּ֖יִתwəlabayit
and for the houseconjH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אָב֣וֹאʾābwōʾ
I will goverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֵלָ֑י/וʾēlāyw
into itpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וַ/יִּתֶּןwayiten
and he gave themconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לִ֣/יliy
pron
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
כְּ/יַדkəyad
according to the hand ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
אֱלֹהַ֖/יʾĕlōhay
God mynounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הַ/טּוֹבָ֥הhaṭwōbāh
goodparticleH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
עָלָֽ/יʿālāy
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
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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Michael van BergNote1mo ago
Because the Hand of My God Was Upon Me
Nehemiah is the cupbearer to the Persian king, and he gets permission to go rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. He says the king granted him this because 'the hand of my God was upon me.' He's recognizing...
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