Nehemiah

Nehemiah 13:21

²¹but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
but I warned	וָאָעִ֣ידָה	wā·’ā·‘î·ḏāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H5749 return, go about, repeat, do again
them	בָהֶ֗ם	ḇā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
Why	מַדּ֜וּעַ	mad·dū·a‘	Interrogative	H4069 wherefore?
are you	אַתֶּ֤ם	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
camping	לֵנִים֙	lê·nîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H3885 lodge, pass the night
in front of	נֶ֣גֶד	ne·ḡeḏ	Preposition	H5048 what is conspicuous or in front
the wall	הַחוֹמָ֔ה	ha·ḥō·w·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2346 wall
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you do it again	תִּשְׁנ֕וּ	tiš·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H8138 change
I will lay	אֶשְׁלַ֣ח	’eš·laḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7971 send
hands	יָ֖ד	yāḏ	Noun - feminine singular	H3027 hand
on you	בָּכֶ֑ם	bā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
From	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
that	הַהִ֔יא	ha·hî	Article; Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
time on	הָעֵ֣ת	hā·‘êṯ	Article; Noun - common singular	H6256 time
they did not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
return	בָ֖אוּ	ḇā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
on the Sabbath	בַּשַּׁבָּֽת׃ס	baš·šab·bāṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H7676 Sabbath

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