Nehemiah
Nehemiah 4:23
23So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.d
Footnotes
- d 4:23 Or each carried his weapon in his right hand
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So neither I | אֲנִ֜י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| nor my brothers | וְאַחַ֣י | wə·’a·ḥay | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H251 brother |
| nor my servants | וּנְעָרַ֗י | ū·nə·‘ā·ray | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H5288 a shaking, scattering |
| nor the guards | הַמִּשְׁמָר֙ | ham·miš·mār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4929 place of confinement, goal, prison |
| with me | אַחֲרַ֔י | ’a·ḥă·ray | Preposition; first person common singular | H310 behind |
| changed out of | פֹשְׁטִ֖ים | p̄ō·šə·ṭîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H6584 strip off, make a dash, raid |
| our clothes | בְּגָדֵ֑ינוּ | bə·ḡā·ḏê·nū | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural | H899 treachery |
| each | אִ֖ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| carried his weapon | שִׁלְח֥וֹ | šil·ḥōw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H7973 missile, weapon, sprout |
| for water | הַמָּֽיִם׃ס | ham·mā·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H4325 water, juice, urine |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.