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← Nehemiah 9 · ← verse 36 · verse 38 →

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. (KJV)

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וּתְבוּאָתָ֣הּu.te.vu.'a.Tahand produce its

Lemma: תְּבוּאָה (te.vu.ah) · Strong's: H8393

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: produce

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 47:24, Exodus 23:10, Leviticus 19:25, Leviticus 23:39, Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8393; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 1

מַרְבָּ֗הmar.Bah[is] increasing

Lemma: רָבָה (ra.vah) · Strong's: H7235A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrfsa)

Meaning: to multiply

Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 8:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7235A; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 2

לַמְּלָכִ֛יםla.me.la.Khimfor the kings

Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: king

Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 3

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whom

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 4

נָתַ֥תָּהna.Ta.tahyou have appointed

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

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 9:37 word 5

עָלֵ֖ינוּ'a.Lei.nuover us

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 9:37 word 6

בְּחַטֹּאותֵ֑ינוּbe.cha.to.Tei.nuin sins our

Lemma: חַטָּאת (chat.tat) · Strong's: H2403B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: sin

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 31:36, Genesis 50:17, Exodus 10:17, Exodus 32:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2403B; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 7

וְעַ֣לve.'Aland over

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 9:37 word 8

גְּ֠וִיֹּתֵינוּGe.vi.yo.tei.nubodies our

Lemma: גְּוִיָּה (ge.viy.yah) · Strong's: H1472

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: body

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 47:18, Judges 14:8, Judges 14:9, 1 Samuel 31:10, 1 Samuel 31:12, Psalms 110:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1472; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 9

מֹשְׁלִ֤יםmo.she.Lim[they are] ruling

Lemma: מָשַׁל (ma.shal) · Strong's: H4910

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to rule

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:18, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 24:2, Genesis 37:8, Genesis 45:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4910; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 10

וּבִבְהֶמְתֵּ֙נוּ֙u.viv.hem.Te.nuand over cattle our

Lemma: בְּהֵמָה (be.he.mah) · Strong's: H0929

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: animal

Used 190 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 6:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0929; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 11

כִּרְצוֹנָ֔םkir.tzo.Namaccording to will their

Lemma: רָצוֹן (ra.tson) · Strong's: H7522

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

Meaning: acceptance

Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 49:6, Exodus 28:38, Leviticus 1:3, Leviticus 19:5, Leviticus 22:19, Leviticus 22:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7522; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 12

וּבְצָרָ֥הu.ve.tza.Rahand [are] in distress

Lemma: צָרָה (tsa.rah) · Strong's: H6869B

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

Meaning: distress

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 35:3, Genesis 42:21, Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 31:21, Judges 10:14, 1 Samuel 10:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6869B; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 13

גְדוֹלָ֖הge.do.Lahgreat

Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: great: large

Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 14

אֲנָֽחְנוּ\׃\ \פ'a.Na.che.nuwe

Lemma: אֲנַ֫חְנוּ (a.nach.nu) · Strong's: H0587

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Plural (HPp1bp)

Meaning: we

Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0587; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:37 word 15

How the BSB renders it

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

Its abundant→רָבָה H7235A to multiply
harvest→תְּבוּאָה H8393 produce
goes to the kings→מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king
You have set→נָתַן H5414H to give: put
over us→עַל H5921A upon
because of our sins→חַטָּאת H2403B sin
And they rule→מָשַׁל H4910 to rule
over→עַל H5921A upon
our bodies→גְּוִיָּה H1472 body
and our livestock→בְּהֵמָה H0929 animal
as they please→רָצוֹן H7522 acceptance
We→אֲנַ֫חְנוּ H0587 we
are in great→גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large
distress→צָרָה H6869B distress

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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