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Nehemiah 8:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.


Nehemiah 8:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Nehemiah 8:618 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְבָ֣רֶךְwayəbārekə
blasphemeconjH1288
abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···
עֶזְרָ֔אʿezərāʾ
EzranounH5830
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הַ/גָּד֑וֹלhagādwōl
elderparticleH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וַ/יַּֽעֲנ֨וּwayaʿănw
give accountconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
כָלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עָ֜םhāʿām
peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
אָמֵ֤ןʾāmēn
AmenadvH543
so be it · truth
אָמֵן֙ʾāmēn
AmenadvH543
so be it · truth
בְּ/מֹ֣עַלbəmōʿal
lifting uppronH4607
יְדֵי/הֶ֔םyədēyhem
handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וַ/יִּקְּד֧וּwayiqədw
bow headconjH6915
stoop
וַ/יִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ֛wayišətaḥăwu
bow downconjH7812
crouch · fall down · humbly beseech · do obeisance ···
לַ/יהוָ֖הlayhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
אַפַּ֥יִםʾapayim
angernounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
אָֽרְצָ/הʾārəṣāh
earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
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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