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Nehemiah 6:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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 6:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 6:318 words
HebrewMeaning
וָ/אֶשְׁלְחָ֨/הwāʾešələḥāh
appointconjH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
עֲלֵי/הֶ֤םʿălēyhem
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מַלְאָכִים֙maləʾākiym
ambassadornounH4397
angel · king · messenger
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מְלָאכָ֤הməlāʾkāh
businessnounH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
גְדוֹלָה֙gədwōlāh
elderadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
אֲנִ֣יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
עֹשֶׂ֔הʿōśeh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אוּכַ֖לʾwkal
be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לָ/רֶ֑דֶתlāredet
bring downpronH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
לָ֣/מָּהlāmāh
how (longpronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִשְׁבַּ֤תtišəbat
(cause toverbH7673
let · make to) cease · celebrate · cause to fail ···
הַ/מְּלָאכָה֙haməlāʾkāh
businessparticleH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣רkaʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אַרְפֶּ֔/הָʾarəpehā
abateverbH7503
cease · consume · draw · fail ···
וְ/יָרַדְתִּ֖יwəyāradətiy
bring downconjH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אֲלֵי/כֶֽםʾălēykem
aboutpronH413
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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