“And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?”
Nehemiah 6:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Nehemiah 6:318 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אֶשְׁלְחָ֨/הwāʾešələḥāh
and I sent !conjH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
עֲלֵי/הֶ֤םʿălēyhem
to thempronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מַלְאָכִים֙maləʾākiym
messengersnounH4397
angel · king · messenger
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מְלָאכָ֤הməlāʾkāh
a worknounH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
גְדוֹלָה֙gədwōlāh
greatadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
אֲנִ֣יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
עֹשֶׂ֔הʿōśeh
am doingverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אוּכַ֖לʾwkal
I am ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לָ/רֶ֑דֶתlāredet
to go downpronH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
לָ֣/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִשְׁבַּ֤תtišəbat
will it ceaseverbH7673
let · make to) cease · celebrate · cause to fail ···
הַ/מְּלָאכָה֙haməlāʾkāh
the workparticleH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣רkaʾăšer
whenpronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אַרְפֶּ֔/הָʾarəpehā
I will let drop itverbH7503
cease · consume · draw · fail ···
וְ/יָרַדְתִּ֖יwəyāradətiy
and I will go downconjH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אֲלֵי/כֶֽםʾălēykem
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
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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