Hebrew Interlinear

Nehemiah 4:22 Interlinear

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem that in the night they may be a guard on the day to us and labour

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1גַּ֣םH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
2בָּעֵ֤תH6256Likewise at the same timetime, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc
3הַהִיא֙H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
4אָמַ֣רְתִּיH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
5לָעָ֔םH5971I unto the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
6אִ֣ישׁH376Let every onea man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
7וְנַֽעֲר֔וֹH5288with his servant(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
8יָלִ֖ינוּH3885lodgeto stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
9בְּת֣וֹךְH8432withina bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
10יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םH3389Jerusalemjerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
11וְהָֽיוּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
12לָ֧נוּH0
13הַלַּ֛יְלָהH3915that in the nightproperly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
14מִשְׁמָ֖רH4929they may be a guarda guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
15וְהַיּ֥וֹםH3117on the daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
16מְלָאכָֽה׃H4399to us and labourproperly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

Verse Context

Nehemiah 4:21 So we laboured in the work and half of them held the spears...
Nehemiah 4:22 (current) Likewise at the same time said I unto the people Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem that in the night they may be a guard on the day to us and labour
Nehemiah 4:23 So neither I nor my brethren nor my servants nor the men of the guard...

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