Nehemiah

Nehemiah 13:3

³As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As soon as	וַיְהִ֖י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
heard	כְּשָׁמְעָ֣ם	kə·šā·mə·‘ām	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H8085 hear
this law	הַתּוֹרָ֑ה	hat·tō·w·rāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
they excluded	וַיַּבְדִּ֥ילוּ	way·yaḇ·dî·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H914 be divided, separate
from Israel	מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	mî·yiś·rā·’êl	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
all	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
of foreign descent	עֵ֖רֶב	‘ê·reḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H6154 mixture, mixed company

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.