Hebrew Interlinear

Nehemiah 7:65 Interlinear

said And the Tirshatha unto them that they should not eat holy things holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙H8660And the Tirshathatirshatha, the title of a persian deputy or governor
3לָהֶ֔םH0
4אֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
5לֹֽאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
6יֹאכְל֖וּH398unto them that they should not eatto eat (literally or figuratively)
7הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑יםH6944holy thingsa sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
8הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑יםH6944holy thingsa sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
9עַ֛דH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
10עֲמֹ֥דH5975till there stoodto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
11הַכֹּהֵ֖ןH3548up a priestliterally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
12לְאוּרִ֥יםH224with Urimurim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate
13וְתוּמִּֽים׃H8550and Thummimperfections, i.e., (technically) one of the epithets of the objects in the high-priest's breastplate as an emblem of complete truth

Verse Context

Nehemiah 7:64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy but it was not found...
Nehemiah 7:65 (current)said And the Tirshatha unto them that they should not eat holy things holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim
Nehemiah 7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand...

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