Nehemiah

Nehemiah 5:9

⁹So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So I continued	וַיֹּאמֶר	way·yō·mɛr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
What	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you	אַתֶּ֣ם	’at·tem	Pronoun - second person masculine plural	H859 thou
are doing	עֹשִׂ֑ים	‘ō·śîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H6213 do, make
is not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
right	ט֥וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
Shouldn’t	הֲל֞וֹא	hă·lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
you walk	תֵּלֵ֔כוּ	tê·lê·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
in the fear	בְּיִרְאַ֤ת	bə·yir·’aṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3374 fear
of our God	אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙	’ĕ·lō·hê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H430 God
to avoid the reproach	מֵחֶרְפַּ֖ת	mê·ḥer·paṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H2781 reproach
of our foreign	הַגּוֹיִ֥ם	hag·gō·w·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
enemies	אוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃	’ō·wy·ḇê·nū	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H341 be hostile to

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.