Hebrew Interlinear

Nehemiah 2:4 Interlinear

“said Then the king unto me For what dost thou make request So I prayed to the God of heaven”

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Nehemiah 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	H559	said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	לִי֙	H0
3	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	H4428	Then the king	a king
4	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5	מַה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
6	זֶּ֖ה	H2088		the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
7	אַתָּ֣ה	H859		thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
8	מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ	H1245	unto me For what dost thou make request	to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
9	וָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֔ל	H6419	So I prayed	to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
10	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
11	אֱלֹהֵ֖י	H430	to the God	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
12	הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃	H8064	of heaven	the 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

Nehemiah 2:4 (current)said Then the king unto me For what dost thou make request So I prayed to the God of heaven