“Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.”
Nehemiah 6:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Nehemiah 6:1314 words
HebrewMeaning
לְמַ֤עַןləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
שָׂכוּר֙śākwr
was hiredverbH7936
hire · reward · surely
ה֔וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לְמַֽעַןləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
אִירָ֥אʾiyrāʾ
I may be afraidverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
וְ/אֶֽעֱשֶׂהwəʾeʿĕśeh
and I may actconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כֵּ֖ןkēn
thusparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
וְ/חָטָ֑אתִיwəḥāṭāʾtiy
and I will sinconjH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
וְ/הָיָ֤הwəhāyāh
and it will becomeconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ/הֶם֙lāhem
pron
לְ/שֵׁ֣םləšēm
a namepronH8034
base · named · renown · report
רָ֔עrāʿ
badadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
לְמַ֖עַןləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
יְחָֽרְפֽוּ/נִיyəḥārəpwniy
they may reproach meverbH2778
blaspheme · defy · jeopard · rail ···
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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