Nehemiah 7:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.”

Nehemiah 7:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 7:410 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/הָ/עִ֞ירwəhāʿiyr

AiconjH5892

city · court · town

רַחֲבַ֤תraḥăbat

broadadjH7342

large · at liberty · proud · wide

יָדַ֨יִם֙yādayim

handnounH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

וּ/גְדוֹלָ֔הwgədwōlāh

elderconjH1419

aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···

וְ/הָ/עָ֥םwəhāʿām

peopleconjH5971

men · nation · people

מְעַ֖טməʿaṭ

almost (somenounH4592

very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···

בְּ/תוֹכָ֑/הּbətwōkāh

amongpronH8432

between · half · (there- · where-) ···

וְ/אֵ֥יןwəʾēyn

elseconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

בָּתִּ֖יםbātiym

housenounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

בְּנוּיִֽםbənwyim

buildverbH1129

obtain children · make · repair · set ···

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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