I beg you,אָנָּאAdonai,אֲדֹנָיlet your ear,תְּהִי אָזְנְךָI beg you,נָאbe attentiveקַשֶּׁבֶתtoאֶלthe prayerתְּפִלַּתof your servantעַבְדְּךָand toוְאֶלthe prayerתְּפִלַּתof your servantsעֲבָדֶיךָwho delightהַחֲפֵצִיםto fearלְיִרְאָהyour name;שְׁמֶךָand give success,וְהַצְלִיחָהI beg you,נָּאto your servantלְעַבְדְּךָtoday,הַיּוֹםand grant himוּתְנֵהוּmercyלְרַחֲמִיםbeforeלִפְנֵיthisהַזֶּהman.”הָאִישׁNow Iוַאֲנִיwasהָיִיתִיcupbearerמַשְׁקֶהto the king.לַמֶּלֶךְ
Nehemiah 1:11
Study it in the app“I beg you, Adonai, let your ear, I beg you, be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and give success, I beg you, to your servant today, and grant him mercy before this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 1:11, word by word
- I beg youאָנָּאana
please!
I beg you!: an exclamation of entreaty.
Where else “ana” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- let your earתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- let your earאָזְנְazn
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azn” appears- be attentiveקַשֶּׁבֶתkashevet
attentive
Attentive: listening, heeding carefully. Said of God's ears toward prayer.
Where else “kashevet” appears- the prayerתְּפִלַּתtefilat
prayer
Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.
Where else “tefilat” appears- of your servantעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- who delightחֲפֵצִיםchafetsim
delighting in, desiring
Wanting, delighting in something; one who has pleasure in or desire for a thing.
Where else “chafetsim” appears- to fearיִרְאָהyira
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yira” appears- your nameשְׁמֶsheme
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “sheme” appears- and give successהַצְלִיחָhatsliach
give success
To make something succeed.
Where else “hatsliach” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- and grant himתְנֵtene
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tene” appears- mercyרַחֲמִיםrachamim
compassion
A deep tenderness, like a mother's.
Where else “rachamim” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- cupbearerמַשְׁקֶהmashke
cupbearer
The one who served the king's drink.
Where else “mashke” appears- to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
Translation note
The cupbearer served the wine to the king and was a man he trusted. “This man” is King Artaxerxes.
The context
10And they are your servants and your people, whom you ransomed by your great power and by your strong hand.
11 · This verse (above)