Nehemiah

Nehemiah 9:21

²¹For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness,

so that they lacked nothing.

Their clothes did not wear out

and their feet did not swell.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For forty	וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים	wə·’ar·bā·‘îm	Conjunctive waw; Number - common plural	H705 forty
years	שָׁנָ֛ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
You sustained them	כִּלְכַּלְתָּ֥ם	kil·kal·tām	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H3557 comprehend, contain
in the wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר	bam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
they lacked	חָסֵ֑רוּ	ḥā·sê·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2637 lack, need, be lacking, decrease
nothing	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
Their clothes	שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיהֶם֙	śal·mō·ṯê·hem	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H8008 id.
did not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
wear out	בָל֔וּ	ḇā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1086 become old and worn out
and their feet	וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם	wə·raḡ·lê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine plural	H7272 foot
did not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
swell	בָצֵֽקוּ׃	ḇā·ṣê·qū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1216 swell

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.