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Nehemiah 4:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.


Nehemiah 4:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 4:1616 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּ֣םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
בָּ/עֵ֤תbāʿēt
at the timepronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
הַ/הִיא֙hahiyʾ
thatparticleH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
אָמַ֣רְתִּיʾāmarətiy
I saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/עָ֔םlāʿām
to the peoplepronH5971
men · nation · people
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
each onenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
וְ/נַעֲר֔/וֹwənaʿărwō
and servant hisconjH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
יָלִ֖ינוּyāliynw
let them spend the nightverbH3885
continue · dwell · endure · grudge ···
בְּ/ת֣וֹךְbətwōkə
in the midst ofpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םyərwšālāim
JerusalemnounH3389
וְ/הָֽיוּwəhāyw
and they will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ֧/נוּlānw
pron
הַ/לַּ֛יְלָהhalayəlāh
the nightparticleH3915
מִשְׁמָ֖רmišəmār
a guardnounH4929
guard · office · prison · ward ···
וְ/הַ/יּ֥וֹםwəhaywōm
and the dayconjH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
מְלָאכָֽהməlāʾkāh
worknounH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
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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