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Nehemiah 13:30 Interlinear

“Thus cleansed I them from all strangers and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites every one in his business”

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Nehemiah 13 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים	H2891	Thus cleansed	to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
2	מִכָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
3	נֵכָ֑ר	H5236	I them from all strangers	foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
4	וָאַֽעֲמִ֧ידָה	H5975	and appointed	to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
5	מִשְׁמָר֛וֹת	H4931	the wards	watch, i.e., the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e., (
6	לַכֹּֽהֲנִ֥ים	H3548	of the priests	literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
7	וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם	H3881	and the Levites	a levite or descendant of levi
8	אִ֥ישׁ	H376	every one	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
9	בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃	H4399	in his business	properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

Nehemiah 13:30 (current)Thus cleansed I them from all strangers and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites every one in his business