Nehemiah 4:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.”

Nehemiah 4:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 4:919 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יְהִ֞יwayəhiy

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁרkaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

שָׁמְע֤וּšāməʿw

call togetherverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

אוֹיְבֵ֨י/נוּ֙ʾwōyəbēynw

enemyverbH341

foe

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

נ֣וֹדַֽעnwōdaʿ

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

לָ֔/נוּlānw

pron

וַ/יָּ֥פֶרwayāper

breakconjH6565

any ways · cast off · cause to cease · clean ···

הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖יםhāʾĕlōhiym

GodparticleH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עֲצָתָ֑/םʿăṣātām

advicenounH6098

advisement · counsel) · purpose

ו/נשובwnšwb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

וַ/נָּ֤שָׁבwanāšāb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

כֻּלָּ֨/נוּ֙kulānw

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ֣/חוֹמָ֔הhaḥwōmāh

wallparticleH2346

walled

אִ֖ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

מְלַאכְתּֽ/וֹməlaʾkətwō

businessnounH4399

cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···

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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