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Nehemiah 6:9 — King James Version← Study notes

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.


Nehemiah 6:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 6:915 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כֻלָּ֗/םkulām
all of themnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מְיָֽרְאִ֤יםməyārəʾiym
were making afraidverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
אוֹתָ֨/נוּ֙ʾwōtānw
usparticleH853
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יִרְפּ֧וּyirəpw
they will dropverbH7503
cease · consume · draw · fail ···
יְדֵי/הֶ֛םyədēyhem
hands theirnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/מְּלָאכָ֖הhaməlāʾkāh
the workparticleH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תֵעָשֶׂ֑הtēʿāśeh
it will be doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וְ/עַתָּ֖הwəʿatāh
and thereforeconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
חַזֵּ֥קḥazēq
strengthenverbH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יָדָֽ/יyādāy
hands mynounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
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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Chiara RussoNote2mo ago
My Strength Is in the Lord
Nehemiah is trying to rebuild Jerusalem's walls while facing opposition and intimidation. People are threatening him, trying to scare him into stopping the work. And he prays: 'Now strengthen my hands...
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