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And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. (KJV)
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וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּvai.yik.she.Ruand they conspired
Lemma: קָשַׁר (qa.shar) · Strong's: H7194
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to conspire
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 30:41, Genesis 30:42, Genesis 38:28, Genesis 44:30, Deuteronomy 6:8, Deuteronomy 11:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7194; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:8 word 1
כֻלָּם֙khu.Lamall of them
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 4:8 word 2
יַחְדָּ֔וyach.Davtogether
Lemma: יָחְדָּו (yach.dav) · Strong's: H3162B
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: together
Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 13:6, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:8, Genesis 22:19, Genesis 36:7, Exodus 19:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3162B; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:8 word 3
לָב֖וֹאla.Vo'to come
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:8 word 4
לְהִלָּחֵ֣םle.hi.la.Chemto wage war
Lemma: לָחַם (la.cham) · Strong's: H3898A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Infinitive · Construct (HVNcc)
Meaning: to fight
Used 171 times. Also: Exodus 1:10, Exodus 14:14, Exodus 14:25, Exodus 17:8, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3898A; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:8 word 5
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.Limagainst Jerusalem
Lemma: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם (ye.ru.sha.laim) · Strong's: H3389
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Jerusalem
Used 643 times. Also: Joshua 10:1, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 12:10, Joshua 15:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3389; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:8 word 6
וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתve.la.'a.Sotand to make
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:8 word 7
תּוֹעָֽה\׃to.'Ahconfusion
Lemma: תּוֹעָה (to.ah) · Strong's: H8442
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: error
Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 32:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8442; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:8 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| and all of them | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| conspired | → | קָשַׁר H7194 to conspire |
| . . . | → | יָחְדָּו H3162B together |
| to come | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| and fight | → | לָחַם H3898A to fight |
| against Jerusalem | → | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3389 Jerusalem |
| and create | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| a hindrance | → | תּוֹעָה H8442 error |
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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