Hebrew Interlinear

Nehemiah 2:20 Interlinear

Then answered I them and said unto them The God of heaven he will prosper us therefore we his servants will arise and build but ye have no portion nor right nor memorial in Jerusalem

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וָֽאָשִׁ֨יבH7725Then answeredto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
2אוֹתָ֜םH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3דָּבָ֗רH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
4וָֽאוֹמַ֤רH559I them and saidto say (used with great latitude)
5לָהֶם֙H0
6אֱלֹהֵ֣יH430unto them The 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
7הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםH8064of 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
8ה֚וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
9יַצְלִ֣יחַֽH6743he will prosperto push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
10לָ֔נוּH0
11וַֽאֲנַ֥חְנוּH587we
12עֲבָדָ֖יוH5650us therefore we his servantsa servant
13נָק֣וּםH6965will ariseto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
14וּבָנִ֑ינוּH1129and buildto build (literally and figuratively)
15וְלָכֶ֗םH0
16אֵֽיןH369a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
17חֵ֧לֶקH2506but ye have no portionproperly, smoothness (of the tongue)
18וּצְדָקָ֛הH6666nor rightrightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
19וְזִכָּר֖וֹןH2146nor memoriala memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)
20בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389in Jerusalemjerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine

Verse Context

Nehemiah 2:19heard But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite...
Nehemiah 2:20 (current)Then answered I them and said unto them The God of heaven he will prosper us therefore we his servants will arise and build but ye have no portion nor right nor memorial in Jerusalem

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