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And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: (KJV)
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וְלִפְנֵ֣יve.lif.Neiand <to> before
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:4 word 1
מִזֶּ֔הmi.Zehfrom this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:4 word 2
אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivEliashib
Lemma: אֶלְיָשִׁיב (el.ya.shiv) · Strong's: H0475O
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Eliashib
Used 2 times. Also: Nehemiah 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0475O; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:4 word 3
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priest
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:4 word 4
נָת֖וּןna.Tun[was] appointed
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)
Meaning: to give: put
Used 395 times. Also: Genesis 1:17, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414H; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:4 word 5
בְּלִשְׁכַּ֣תbe.lish.Katover [the] store-room of
Lemma: לִשְׁכָּה (lish.kah) · Strong's: H3957
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: chamber
Used 46 times. Also: 1 Samuel 9:22, 2 Kings 23:11, 1 Chronicles 9:26, 1 Chronicles 9:33, 1 Chronicles 23:28, 1 Chronicles 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3957; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:4 word 6
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004Q
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: temple
Used 398 times. Also: Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 23:18, Joshua 6:24, Joshua 9:23, Judges 9:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004Q; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:4 word 7
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod our
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:4 word 8
קָר֖וֹבka.Rov[one] near
Lemma: קָרֹב (qa.rov) · Strong's: H7138
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: near
Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 19:20, Genesis 45:10, Exodus 12:4, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 32:27, Leviticus 10:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7138; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:4 word 9
לְטוֹבִיָּֽה\׃le.toi.Yahto Tobiah
Lemma: טוֹבִיָּ֫הוּ (to.viy.yah) · Strong's: H2900I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Tobiah
Used 13 times. Also: Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 4:3, Nehemiah 4:7, Nehemiah 6:1, Nehemiah 6:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2900I; TAHOT Nehemiah 13:4 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now before | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| this | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| Eliashib | → | אֶלְיָשִׁיב H0475O Eliashib |
| the priest | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| a relative | → | קָרֹב H7138 near |
| of Tobiah | → | טוֹבִיָּ֫הוּ H2900I Tobiah |
| had been put in charge of | → | נָתַן H5414H to give: put |
| the storerooms | → | לִשְׁכָּה H3957 chamber |
| of the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004Q house: temple |
| of our God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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