Nehemiah 9:38

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Nehemiah 9:38


← Nehemiah 9:37 Nehemiah 9:38 (KJV) Nehemiah 10:1 →
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And because of all this we makeH3772 a sureH548 covenant, and writeH3789 it; and our princesH8269, LevitesH3881, and priestsH3548, sealH2856 unto it.


Original Hebrew

וּבְכָל־זֹאת אֲנַחְנוּ כֹּרְתִים אֲמָנָה וְכֹתְבִים וְעַל הֶחָתוּם שָׂרֵינוּ לְוִיֵּנוּ כֹּהֲנֵינוּ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וּ/בְ/כָל
u./ve./Khol- H3605 HC/R/Ncmsc and/ in/ all
זֹ֕את
zot H2063 HPdxfs this
אֲנַ֛חְנוּ
'a.Nach.nu H587 HPp1cp we
כֹּרְתִ֥ים
ko.re.Tim H3772 HVqrmpa (are) making
אֲמָנָ֖ה
'a.ma.Nah H548 HNcfsa a trustworthy arrangement
וְ/כֹתְבִ֑ים
ve./kho.te.Vim H3789 HC/Vqrmpa and/ writing
וְ/עַל֙
ve./'Al H5921 HC/R and/ (are) on
הֶֽ/חָת֔וּם
he./cha.Tum H2856 HTd/Vqsmsa the/ sealed (document)
שָׂרֵ֥י/נוּ
sa.Rei./nu H8269 HNcmpc/Sp1cp leaders/ our
לְוִיֵּ֖/נוּ
le.vi.Ye./nu H3881 HNgmpc/Sp1cp Levites/ our
כֹּהֲנֵֽי/נוּ
ko.ha.Nei./nu H3548 HNcmpc/Sp1cp priests/ our
Strong's References
  • H548 — אֲמָנָה (ʼămânâh, am-aw-naw'): feminine of אָמֵן (ʼâmên) H543; something fixed, i.e. a covenant. an allowance; certain portion, sure.
  • H2856 — חָתַם (châtham, khaw-tham'): a primitive root; to close up; especially to seal; make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
  • H3548 — כֹּהֵן (kôhên, ko-hane'): active participle of כָּהַן (kâhan) H3547; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
  • H3772 — כָּרַת (kârath, kaw-rath'): a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.
  • H3789 — כָּתַב (kâthab, kaw-thab'): a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe); describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
  • H3881 — לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'): or לֵוִי (Lêvîy); patronymically from לֵוִי (Lêvîy) H3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite.
  • H8269 — שַׂר (sar, sar): from שָׂרַר (sârar) H8323; a head person (of any rank or class); captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

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.
  • H2063 — זֹאת (zôʼth, zothe'): irregular feminine of זֶה (zeh) H2089; this (often used adverb); hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.
  • H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
  • H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל (ʻal) H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
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