Hebrew Interlinear

Nehemiah 4:21 Interlinear

“ So we laboured in the work and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning appeared till the stars”

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Nehemiah 4 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַֽאֲנַ֖חְנוּ	H587		we
2	עֹשִׂ֣ים	H6213	So we laboured	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
3	בַּמְּלָאכָ֑ה	H4399	in the work	properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
4	וְחֶצְיָ֗ם	H2677	and half	the half or middle
5	מַֽחֲזִיקִים֙	H2388	of them held	to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
6	בָּֽרְמָחִ֔ים	H7420	the spears	a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point
7	מֵֽעֲל֣וֹת	H5927	from the rising	to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
8	הַשַּׁ֔חַר	H7837	of the morning	dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
9	עַ֖ד	H5704		as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
10	צֵ֥את	H3318	appeared	to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
11	הַכּֽוֹכָבִֽים׃	H3556	till the stars	a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince

Nehemiah 4:21 (current) So we laboured in the work and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning appeared till the stars