Nehemiah 13:3 Go deeper

Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. (KJV)

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וַיְהִ֖יvay.Hiand it was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:3 word 1

כְּשָׁמְעָ֣םke.sha.me.'Amwhen heard they

Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to hear: hear

Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:3 word 2

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:3 word 3

הַתּוֹרָ֑הha.to.Rahthe law

Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: instruction

Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:3 word 4

וַיַּבְדִּ֥ילוּvai.yav.Di.luand they separated

Lemma: בָּדַל (ba.dal) · Strong's: H0914

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhw3mp)

Meaning: to separate

Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 26:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0914; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:3 word 5

כָל\־khol-every

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:3 word 6

עֵ֖רֶב'E.revperson of mixed ancestry

Lemma: עֵ֫רֶב (e.rev) · Strong's: H6154M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: racial-mix

Used 4 times. Also: Exodus 12:38, Jeremiah 25:20, Jeremiah 50:37 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6154M; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:3 word 7

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃mi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom Israel

Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Israel

Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:3 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

As soon as	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
[the people] heard	→	שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear
this law	→	תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction
they excluded	→	בָּדַל H0914 to separate
from Israel	→	יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel
all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
of foreign descent	→	עֵ֫רֶב H6154M racial-mix

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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