Hebrew Interlinear

Nehemiah 7:4 Interlinear

“Now the city was large and great but the people were few therein and the houses were not builded”

Test your knowledge of this chapter

Nehemiah 7 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְהָעִ֞יר	H5892	Now the city	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
2	רַֽחֲבַ֤ת	H7342	was large	roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
3	יָדַ֙יִם֙	H3027		a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
4	וּגְדוֹלָ֔ה	H1419	and great	great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
5	וְהָעָ֥ם	H5971	but the people	a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
6	מְעַ֖ט	H4592	were few	a little or few (often adverbial or comparative)
7	בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ	H8432	therein	a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
8	וְאֵ֥ין	H369		a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
9	בָּתִּ֖ים	H1004	and the houses	a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
10	בְּנוּיִֽם׃	H1129	were not builded	to build (literally and figuratively)

Nehemiah 7:4 (current)Now the city was large and great but the people were few therein and the houses were not builded