Nehemiah 4:9 Go deeper

Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וַנִּתְפַּלֵּ֖לva.nit.pa.Leland we prayed

Lemma: פָּלַל (pa.lal) · Strong's: H6419

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVtw1cp)

Meaning: to pray

Used 84 times. Also: Genesis 20:7, Genesis 20:17, Genesis 48:11, Numbers 11:2, Numbers 21:7, Deuteronomy 9:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6419; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:9 word 1

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:9 word 2

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 4:9 word 3

וַנַּעֲמִ֨ידva.na.'a.Midand we stationed

Lemma: עָמַד (a.mad) · Strong's: H5975G

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVhw1cp)

Meaning: to stand: stand

Used 450 times. Also: Genesis 18:8, Genesis 18:22, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:27, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5975G; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:9 word 4

מִשְׁמָ֧רmish.Mara guard

Lemma: מִשְׁמָר (mish.mar) · Strong's: H4929

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

Meaning: custody

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 40:3, Genesis 40:4, Genesis 40:7, Genesis 41:10, Genesis 42:17, Genesis 42:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4929; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:9 word 5

עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם'a.lei.Hemon them

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:9 word 6

יוֹמָ֥םyo.Mamby day

Lemma: יוֹמָם (yo.mam) · Strong's: H3119

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: by day

Used 50 times. Also: Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 40:38, Leviticus 8:35, Numbers 9:21, Numbers 10:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3119; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:9 word 7

וָלַ֖יְלָהva.Lay.lahand night

Lemma: לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) · Strong's: H3915

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

Meaning: night

Used 231 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3915; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:9 word 8

מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם\׃mi.pe.nei.Hem<from> because of them

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: face: because

Used 85 times. Also: Genesis 6:13, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 36:7, Genesis 41:31, Genesis 47:13, Exodus 1:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440I; TAHOT Nehemiah 4:9 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

So we prayed	→	פָּלַל H6419 to pray
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
our God	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God
and posted	→	עָמַד H5975G to stand: stand
a guard	→	מִשְׁמָר H4929 custody
against them	→	עַל H5921A upon
. . .	→	פָּנֶה H6440I face: because
day	→	יוֹמָם H3119 by day
and night	→	לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night

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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