Hebrew Interlinear

Nehemiah 2:1 Interlinear

And it came to pass in the month Nisan year in the twentieth of Artaxerxes it unto the king that wine in his presence him and I took up that wine and gave it unto the king Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֣י׀H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320And it came to pass in the monththe new moon; by implication, a month
3נִיסָ֗ןH5212Nisannisan, the first month of the jewish sacred year
4שְׁנַ֥תH8141yeara year (as a revolution of time)
5עֶשְׂרִ֛יםH6242in the twentiethtwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
6לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאH783of Artaxerxesartachshasta (or artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several persian kings
7לַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428it unto the kinga king
8הַיַּ֙יִן֙H3196that winewine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
9לְפָנָֽיו׃H6440in his presencethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
10וָֽאֶשָּׂ֤אH5375him and I took upto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
11אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
12הַיַּ֙יִן֙H3196that winewine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
13וָֽאֶתְּנָ֣הH5414and gaveto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
14לַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428it unto the kinga king
15וְלֹֽאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
16הָיִ֥יתִיH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
17רַ֖עH7451Now I had not been beforetime sadbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
18לְפָנָֽיו׃H6440in his presencethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

Verse Context

Nehemiah 2:1 (current) And it came to pass in the month Nisan year in the twentieth of Artaxerxes it unto the king that wine in his presence him and I took up that wine and gave it unto the king Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence
Nehemiah 2:2said Wherefore the king unto me Why is thy countenance sad...

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