Hebrew Interlinear

Nehemiah 2:5 Interlinear

And I said the king the king If it please have found favour and if thy servant in thy sight that thou wouldest send me unto Judah unto the city sepulchres of my fathers that I may build

Word-by-Word Analysis

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1וָֽאֹמַ֣רH559And I saidto say (used with great latitude)
2הַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428the kinga king
3אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
4עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5הַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428the kinga king
6ט֔וֹבH2895If it pleaseto be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
7וְאִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
8יִיטַ֥בH3190have found favourto be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
9עַבְדְּךָ֖H5650and if thy servanta servant
10לְפָנֶ֑יךָH6440in thy sightthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
11אֲשֶׁ֧רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
12תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִיH7971that thou wouldest sendto send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
13אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
14יְהוּדָ֗הH3063me unto Judahjehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
15אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
16עִ֛ירH5892unto the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
17קִבְר֥וֹתH6913sepulchresa sepulcher
18אֲבֹתַ֖יH1of my fathersfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
19וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃H1129that I may buildto build (literally and figuratively)

Verse Context

Nehemiah 2:4said Then the king ...
Nehemiah 2:5 (current)And I said the king the king If it please have found favour and if thy servant in thy sight that thou wouldest send me unto Judah unto the city sepulchres of my fathers that I may build
Nehemiah 2:6said And the king unto me (the queen also sitting by him...

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