Nehemiah 4:21

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Nehemiah 4:21


← Nehemiah 4:20 Nehemiah 4:21 (KJV) Nehemiah 4:22 →
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

So we labouredH6213 in the workH4399: and halfH2677 of them heldH2388 the spearsH7420 from the risingH5927 of the morningH7837 till the starsH3556 appearedH3318.


Original Hebrew

וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֹשִׂים בַּמְּלָאכָה וְחֶצְיָם מַחֲזִיקִים בָּרְמָחִים מֵעֲלֹות הַשַּׁחַר עַד צֵאת הַכֹּוכָבִים׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַ/אֲנַ֖חְנוּ
va./'a.Nach.nu H587 HC/Pp1cp and/ we
עֹשִׂ֣ים
'o.Sim H6213 HVqrmpa (were) doing
בַּ/מְּלָאכָ֑ה
ba./me.la.Khah H4399 HRd/Ncfsa (in) the/ work
וְ/חֶצְיָ֗/ם
ve./chetz.Ya/m H2677 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp and/ half of/ them
מַחֲזִיקִים֙
ma.cha.zi.Kim H2388 HVhrmpa (were) keeping hold
בָּֽ/רְמָחִ֔ים
ba./re.ma.Chim H7420 HRd/Ncmpa on (the)/ spears
מֵ/עֲל֣וֹת
me./'a.Lot H5927 HR/Vqc from/ when came up
הַ/שַּׁ֔חַר
ha./Sha.char H7837 HTd/Ncmsa the/ dawn
עַ֖ד
'ad H5704 HR until
צֵ֥את
tzet H3318 HVqc came out
הַ/כּוֹכָבִֽים
ha./ko.kha.Vim H3556 HTd/Ncmpa the/ stars
Strong's References
  • H2388 — חָזַק (châzaq, khaw-zak'): a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
  • H2677 — חֵצִי (chêtsîy, khay-tsee'): from חָצָה (châtsâh) H2673; the half or middle; half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
  • H3318 — יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
  • H3556 — כּוֹכָב (kôwkâb, ko-kawb'): probably from the same as כַּבּוֹן (Kabbôwn) H3522 (in the sense of rolling) or כָּוָה (kâvâh) H3554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince; star(-gazer).
  • H4399 — מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw'): from the same as מֲלְאָךְ (mălʼâk) H4397; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor); business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
  • H5927 — עָלָה (ʻâlâh, aw-law'): a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
  • H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
  • H7420 — רֹמַח (rômach, ro'-makh): from an unused root meaning to hurl; a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point; buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.
  • H7837 — שַׁחַר (shachar, shakh'-ar): from שָׁחַר (shâchar) H7836; dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial); day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H587 — אֲנַחְנוּ (ʼănachnûw, an-akh'-noo): apparently from אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy) H595; we; ourselves, us, we.
  • H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (ʻad) H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
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