Nehemiah
Nehemiah 6:8
8Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then I sent | וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה | wā·’eš·lə·ḥāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular | H7971 send |
| him | אֵלָיו֙ | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| this reply | לֵאמֹ֔ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| There is | נִֽהְיָה֙ | nih·yāh | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| nothing | לֹ֤א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| to these | הָאֵ֔לֶּה | hā·’êl·leh | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| rumors | כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים | kad·də·ḇā·rîm | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1697 speech, word |
| you | אַתָּ֣ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| are spreading | אוֹמֵ֑ר | ’ō·w·mêr | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| you | אַתָּ֥ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| are inventing them | בוֹדָֽאם׃ | ḇō·ḏå̄m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H908 devise, invent |
| in your own mind | מִֽלִּבְּךָ֖ | mil·lib·bə·ḵā | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.