- 1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.וַיְהִ֣י בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֗ן שְׁנַ֥ת עֶשְׂרִ֛ים לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יַ֣יִן לְפָנָ֑יו וָאֶשָּׂ֤א אֶת הַיַּ֨יִן֙ וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְלֹא הָיִ֥יתִי רַ֖ע לְפָנָֽיו
- 2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,וַיֹּאמֶר֩ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מַדּ֣וּעַ פָּנֶ֣יךָ רָעִ֗ים וְאַתָּה֙ אֵֽינְךָ֣ חוֹלֶ֔ה אֵ֣ין זֶ֔ה כִּי אִ֖ם רֹ֣עַֽ לֵ֑ב וָאִירָ֖א הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד
- 3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?וָאֹמַ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְעוֹלָ֣ם יִחְיֶ֑ה מַדּ֜וּעַ לֹא יֵרְע֣וּ פָנַ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָעִ֜יר בֵּית קִבְר֤וֹת אֲבֹתַי֙ חֲרֵבָ֔ה וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ אֻכְּל֥וּ בָאֵֽשׁ
- 4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עַל מַה זֶּ֖ה אַתָּ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ וָֽאֶתְפַּלֵּ֔ל אֶל אֱלֹהֵ֖י הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
- 5And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.וָאֹמַ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אִם עַל הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב וְאִם יִיטַ֥ב עַבְדְּךָ֖ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִי אֶל יְהוּדָ֗ה אֶל עִ֛יר קִבְר֥וֹת אֲבֹתַ֖י וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה
- 6And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.וַיֹּאמֶר֩ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וְהַשֵּׁגַ֣ל יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶצְל֗וֹ עַד מָתַ֛י יִהְיֶ֥ה מַֽהֲלָכֲךָ֖ וּמָתַ֣י תָּשׁ֑וּב וַיִּיטַ֤ב לִפְנֵֽי הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִי וָֽאֶתְּנָ֥ה זְמָֽן
- 7Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;וָאוֹמַר֮ לַמֶּלֶךְ֒ אִם עַל הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב אִגְּרוֹת֙ יִתְּנוּ עַֽל פַּחֲו֖וֹת עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲבִיר֔וּנִי עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר אָב֖וֹא אֶל יְהוּדָֽה
- 8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.וְאִגֶּ֡רֶת אֶל אָסָף֩ שֹׁמֵ֨ר הַפַּרְדֵּ֜ס אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתֶּן עֵצִ֡ים לְ֠קָרוֹת אֶת שַׁעֲרֵ֨י הַבִּירָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר לַבַּ֨יִת֙ וּלְחוֹמַ֣ת הָעִ֔יר וְלַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר אָב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּתֶּן הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כְּיַד אֱלֹהַ֖י הַטּוֹבָ֥ה עָלָֽי
- 9Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.וָֽאָב֗וֹא אֶֽל פַּֽחֲווֹת֙ עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֔ר וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה אֵ֖ת אִגְּר֣וֹת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח עִמִּי֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שָׂ֥רֵי חַ֖יִל וּפָרָשִֽׁים
- 10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע סַנְבַלַּ֣ט הַחֹרֹנִ֗י וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙ הָעֶ֣בֶד הָֽעַמֹּנִ֔י וַיֵּ֥רַע רָעָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר בָּ֥א אָדָ֔ם לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ טוֹבָ֖ה לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
- 11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.וָאָב֖וֹא אֶל יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וָאֱהִי שָׁ֖ם יָמִ֥ים שְׁלֹשָֽׁה
- 12And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.וָאָק֣וּם לַ֗יְלָה אֲנִי֮ וַאֲנָשִׁ֣ים מְעַט֮ עִמִּי֒ וְלֹא הִגַּ֣דְתִּי לְאָדָ֔ם מָ֗ה אֱלֹהַי֙ נֹתֵ֣ן אֶל לִבִּ֔י לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת לִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וּבְהֵמָה֙ אֵ֣ין עִמִּ֔י כִּ֚י אִם הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י רֹכֵ֥ב
- 13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.וָאֵצְאָ֨ה בְשַֽׁעַר הַגַּ֜יא לַ֗יְלָה וְאֶל פְּנֵי֙ עֵ֣ין הַתַּנִּ֔ין וְאֶל שַׁ֖עַר הָאַשְׁפֹּ֑ת וָאֱהִ֨י שֹׂבֵ֜ר בְּחוֹמֹ֤ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ אֲשֶׁר המפרוצים הֵ֣ם פְּרוּצִ֔ים וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ אֻכְּל֥וּ בָאֵֽשׁ
- 14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.וָאֶֽעֱבֹר֙ אֶל שַׁ֣עַר הָעַ֔יִן וְאֶל בְּרֵכַ֖ת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְאֵין מָק֥וֹם לַבְּהֵמָ֖ה לַעֲבֹ֥ר תַּחְתָּֽי
- 15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.וָאֱהִ֨י עֹלֶ֤ה בַנַּ֨חַל֙ לַ֔יְלָה וָאֱהִ֥י שֹׂבֵ֖ר בַּחוֹמָ֑ה וָאָשׁ֗וּב וָאָב֛וֹא בְּשַׁ֥עַר הַגַּ֖יְא וָאָשֽׁוּב
- 16And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים לֹ֤א יָדְעוּ֙ אָ֣נָה הָלַ֔כְתִּי וּמָ֖ה אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֑ה וְלַיְּהוּדִ֨ים וְלַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים וְלַחֹרִ֣ים וְלַסְּגָנִ֗ים וּלְיֶ֨תֶר֙ עֹשֵׂ֣ה הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה עַד כֵּ֖ן לֹ֥א הִגַּֽדְתִּי
- 17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.וָאוֹמַ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם אַתֶּ֤ם רֹאִים֙ הָרָעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנַ֣חְנוּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ חֲרֵבָ֔ה וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ נִצְּת֣וּ בָאֵ֑שׁ לְכ֗וּ וְנִבְנֶה֙ אֶת חוֹמַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְלֹא נִהְיֶ֥ה ע֖וֹד חֶרְפָּֽה
- 18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.וָאַגִּ֨יד אֶת יַ֣ד אֱלֹהַ֗י אֲשֶׁר הִיא֙ טוֹבָ֣ה עָלַ֔י וְאַף דִּבְרֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ נָק֣וּם וּבָנִ֔ינוּ וַיְחַזְּק֥וּ יְדֵיהֶ֖ם לַטּוֹבָֽה
- 19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?וַיִּשְׁמַע֩ סַנְבַלַּ֨ט הַחֹרֹנִ֜י וְטֹבִיָּ֣ה הָעֶ֣בֶד הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֗י וְגֶ֨שֶׁם֙ הָֽעַרְבִ֔י וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ וַיִּבְז֖וּ עָלֵ֑ינוּ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ מָֽה הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים הַעַ֥ל הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אַתֶּ֥ם מֹרְדִֽים
- 20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.וָאָשִׁ֨יב אוֹתָ֜ם דָּבָ֗ר וָאוֹמַ֤ר אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם ה֚וּא יַצְלִ֣יחַֽ וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ עֲבָדָ֖יו נָק֣וּם וּבָנִ֑ינוּ אֵֽין חֵ֧לֶק וּצְדָקָ֛ה וְזִכָּר֖וֹן בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Nehemiah 2 KJV
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355 tagged Hebrew tokens136 distinct lexical entries20 of 20 verses source-tagged
מֶלֶךְH4428
a king
אָמַרH559
to say (used with great latitude)
שַׁעַרH8179
an opening, i.e., door or gate
נָתַןH5414
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
פָּנִיםH6440
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
יְרוּשָׁלִַםH3389
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
בּוֹאH935
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אַיִןH369
a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
אֱלֹהִיםH430
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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
אִםH518
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
Hebrew verse gematria
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| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Nehemiah 2:1 | 9,380 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:2 | 5,625 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:3 | 6,253 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:4 | 3,416 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:5 | 6,930 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:6 | 6,739 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:7 | 5,859 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:8 | 12,444 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:9 | 5,930 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:10 | 3,943 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:11 | 3,410 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:12 | 8,806 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:13 | 10,484 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:14 | 5,564 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:15 | 2,114 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:16 | 7,237 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:17 | 9,549 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:18 | 5,435 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:19 | 8,215 | study verse |
| Nehemiah 2:20 | 7,180 | study verse |
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