Nehemiah

Nehemiah 5:14

¹⁴Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Furthermore	גַּ֞ם	gam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
from the day	מִיּ֣וֹם׀	mî·yō·wm	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
King	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Artaxerxes	לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא	lə·’ar·taḥ·šast	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H783 Artaxerxes
appointed me	צִוָּ֣ה	ṣiw·wāh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order
to be	לִהְי֣וֹת	lih·yō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
their governor	פֶּחָם֮	pe·ḥām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6346 governor
in the land	בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	bə·’e·reṣ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Judah	יְהוּדָה֒	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
from his twentieth	עֶשְׂרִ֗ים	‘eś·rîm	Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
year	מִשְּׁנַ֣ת	miš·šə·naṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8141 year
until	וְ֠עַד	wə·‘aḏ	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
his thirty-second	שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים	šə·lō·šîm	Number - common plural	H7970 thirty
year	שְׁנַ֨ת	šə·naṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8141 year
twelve	שְׁתֵּ֣ים	šə·têm	Number - fd	H8147 two
years total	שָׁנִ֖ים	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
neither I	אֲנִ֣י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
nor my brothers	וְאַחַ֔י	wə·’a·ḥay	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H251 brother
ate	אָכַֽלְתִּי׃	’ā·ḵal·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H398 eat
the food	לֶ֥חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3899 bread, food
allotted to the governor	הַפֶּ֖חָה	hap·pe·ḥāh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6346 governor

Cross-references

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Nehemiah 13:6 · 1 Corinthians 9:4–15 · 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9 · 1 Corinthians 9:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.