Hebrew Interlinear

Nehemiah 1:4 Interlinear

And it came to pass when I heard these words that I sat down and wept and mourned certain days and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֞יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2כְּשָׁמְעִ֣י׀H8085And it came to pass when I heardto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4הַדְּבָרִ֣יםH1697these wordsa word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
5הָאֵ֗לֶּהH428these or those
6יָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙H3427that I sat downproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
7וָֽאֶבְכֶּ֔הH1058and weptto weep; generally to bemoan
8וָֽאֶתְאַבְּלָ֖הH56and mournedto bewail
9יָמִ֑יםH3117certain daysa day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
10וָֽאֱהִ֥יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
11צָם֙H6684and fastedto cover over (the mouth), i.e., to fast
12וּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔לH6419and prayedto judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
13לִפְנֵ֖יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
14אֱלֹהֵ֥יH430the Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
15הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃H8064of heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

Verse Context

Nehemiah 1:3And they said that are left that are left ...
Nehemiah 1:4 (current) And it came to pass when I heard these words that I sat down and wept and mourned certain days and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven
Nehemiah 1:5And said I beseech thee O LORD God of heaven God...

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