Nehemiah 8:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.”

Nehemiah 8:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 8:124 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֵּאָסְפ֤וּwayēʾāsəpw

assembleconjH622

bring · consume · destroy · felch ···

כָלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/עָם֙hāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

כְּ/אִ֣ישׁkəʾiyš

manpronH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

אֶחָ֔דʾeḥād

aadjH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ֣/רְח֔וֹבhārəḥwōb

broad placeparticleH7339

street. See also

אֲשֶׁ֖רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

שַֽׁעַרšaʿar

citynounH8179

door · gate · port

הַ/מָּ֑יִםhamāyim

waterparticleH4325

piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···

וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙wayōʾmərw

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לְ/עֶזְרָ֣אləʿezərāʾ

EzrapronH5830

הַ/סֹּפֵ֔רhasōpēr

communeparticleH5608

count; declare · number · penknife · reckon ···

לְ/הָבִ֗יאləhābiyʾ

abidepronH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

סֵ֨פֶר֙sēper

billnounH5612

book · evidence · learn · letter ···

תּוֹרַ֣תtwōrat

lawnounH8451

מֹשֶׁ֔הmōšeh

MosesnounH4872

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

צִוָּ֥הṣiwāh

appointverbH6680

bid · charge · (give a · give in ···

יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

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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