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Nehemiah 13:3 Interlinear

“ Now it came to pass when they had heard the law that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel”

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Nehemiah 13 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִ֖י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	כְּשָׁמְעָ֣ם	H8085	Now it came to pass when they had heard	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
3	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4	הַתּוֹרָ֑ה	H8451	the law	a precept or statute, especially the decalogue or pentateuch
5	וַיַּבְדִּ֥ילוּ	H914	that they separated	to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
6	כָל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
7	עֵ֖רֶב	H6154	all the mixed multitude	the web (or transverse threads of cloth); also a mixture, (or mongrel race)
8	מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	H3478	from Israel	he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Nehemiah 13:3 (current) Now it came to pass when they had heard the law that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel