Hebrew Interlinear

Nehemiah 9:21 Interlinear

Yea forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness so that they lacked nothing their clothes waxed not old and their feet swelled

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםH705Yea fortyforty
2שָׁנָ֛הH8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)
3כִּלְכַּלְתָּ֥םH3557didst thou sustainproperly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
4בַּמִּדְבָּ֖רH4057them in the wildernessa pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
5לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
6חָסֵ֑רוּH2637so that they lackedto lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
7שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיהֶם֙H8008nothing their clothesa dress
8לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
9בָל֔וּH1086waxed not oldto fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
10וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖םH7272and their feeta foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
11לֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
12בָצֵֽקוּ׃H1216swelledperhaps to swell up, i.e., blister

Verse Context

Nehemiah 9:20spirit also thy good Thou gavest to instruct not thy manna ...
Nehemiah 9:21 (current)Yea forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness so that they lacked nothing their clothes waxed not old and their feet swelled
Nehemiah 9:22Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations and didst divide them into corners...

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