Nehemiah
Nehemiah 13:18
18Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not | הֲל֨וֹא | hă·lō·w | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| your forefathers | אֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם | ’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1 father |
| do | עָשׂוּ֙ | ‘ā·śū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H6213 do, make |
| the same things | כֹ֤ה | ḵōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| so that our God | אֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H430 God |
| brought | וַיָּבֵ֨א | way·yā·ḇê | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| this | הַזֹּ֔את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| disaster | הָרָעָ֣ה | hā·rā·‘āh | Article; Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| on us | עָלֵ֗ינוּ | ‘ā·lê·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H5921 height |
| and on | וְעַ֖ל | wə·‘al | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H5921 height |
| this | הַזֹּ֑את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| city | הָעִ֣יר | hā·‘îr | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| And now | וְאַתֶּ֞ם | wə·’at·tem | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| you are rekindling | מוֹסִיפִ֤ים | mō·w·sî·p̄îm | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural | H3254 add |
| His wrath | חָרוֹן֙ | ḥā·rō·wn | Noun - masculine singular | H2740 (burning of) anger |
| against | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| by profaning | לְחַלֵּ֖ל | lə·ḥal·lêl | Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H2490 bore, pierce |
| the Sabbath | הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃פ | haš·šab·bāṯ | Article; Noun - common singular | H7676 Sabbath |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.