Hebrew Interlinear
Nehemiah 5:15 Interlinear
“governors But the former not I because me were chargeable over the people and had taken of them bread and wine beside of silver shekels forty yea even their servants bare rule over the people but so did not I because of the fear of God”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ | H6346 | governors | a prefect (of a city or small district) |
| 2 | הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֨ים | H7223 | But the former | first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun) |
| 3 | אֲשֶׁר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 4 | מִפְּנֵ֖י | H6440 | not I because | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 5 | הִכְבִּ֣ידוּ | H3513 | me were chargeable | to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same |
| 6 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 7 | הָעָ֑ם | H5971 | over the people | a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock |
| 8 | וַיִּקְח֨וּ | H3947 | and had taken | to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
| 9 | מֵהֶ֜ם | H1992 | they (only used when emphatic) | |
| 10 | בְּלֶ֤חֶם | H3899 | of them bread | food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) |
| 11 | וָיַ֙יִן֙ | H3196 | and wine | wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication |
| 12 | אַחַר֙ | H310 | beside | properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) |
| 13 | כֶּֽסֶף | H3701 | of silver | silver (from its pale color); by implication, money |
| 14 | שְׁקָלִ֣ים | H8255 | shekels | probably a weight; used as a commercial standard |
| 15 | אַרְבָּעִ֔ים | H705 | forty | forty |
| 16 | גַּ֥ם | H1571 | yea even | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and |
| 17 | נַֽעֲרֵיהֶ֖ם | H5288 | their servants | (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 |
| 18 | שָֽׁלְט֣וּ | H7980 | bare rule | to dominate, i.e., govern; by implication, to permit |
| 19 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 20 | הָעָ֑ם | H5971 | over the people | a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock |
| 21 | וַֽאֲנִי֙ | H589 | i | |
| 22 | לֹֽא | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 23 | עָשִׂ֣יתִי | H6213 | but so did | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 24 | כֵ֔ן | H3651 | properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner | |
| 25 | מִפְּנֵ֖י | H6440 | not I because | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 26 | יִרְאַ֥ת | H3374 | of the fear | fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence |
| 27 | אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | H430 | of 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 |
Verse Context
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