Nehemiah

Nehemiah 1:11

¹¹O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants^e who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”

(At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)

Footnotes

e 1:11 Literally to the prayer of Your servant and to the prayer of Your servants

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
O Lord	אֲדֹנָ֗י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
may Your ear	אָזְנְךָֽ־	’ā·zə·nə·ḵā-	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H241 ear
be	תְּהִ֣י	tə·hî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
attentive	קַ֠שֶּׁבֶת	qaš·še·ḇeṯ	Adjective - feminine singular	H7183 attentive
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
prayer	תְּפִלַּ֨ת	tə·p̄il·laṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8605 prayer
and to	וְאֶל־	wə·’el-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H413 motion to
the prayers	תְּפִלַּ֣ת	tə·p̄il·laṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8605 prayer
of Your servants	עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ	‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
who delight	הַֽחֲפֵצִים֙	ha·ḥă·p̄ê·ṣîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H2655 delighting in, having pleasure in
to revere	לְיִרְאָ֣ה	lə·yir·’āh	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular	H3372 fear
Your name	שְׁמֶ֔ךָ	šə·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8034 name
Give Your servant	לְעַבְדְּךָ֙	lə·‘aḇ·də·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
success	וְהַצְלִֽיחָה־	wə·haṣ·lî·ḥāh-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H6743 rush
this day	הַיּ֔וֹם	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
I pray	נָּ֤א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
and grant him	וּתְנֵ֣הוּ	ū·ṯə·nê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
mercy	לְרַחֲמִ֔ים	lə·ra·ḥă·mîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H7356 womb
in the sight	לִפְנֵ֖י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of this	הַזֶּ֑ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
man	הָאִ֣ישׁ	hā·’îš	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
At that time I	וַאֲנִ֛י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
was	הָיִ֥יתִי	hā·yî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the cupbearer	מַשְׁקֶ֖ה	maš·qeh	Noun - masculine singular	H4945 butler, cup-bearer
to the king	לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ	lam·me·leḵ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king

Cross-references

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Nehemiah 1:6 · Nehemiah 2:8 · Proverbs 21:1 · Nehemiah 2:1 · Hebrews 13:18 · Ezra 7:6 · Psalm 130:2 · Psalm 86:6 · Ezra 7:27–28 · Genesis 40:21 · Ezra 1:1 · Genesis 40:23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.