Nehemiah 1:6

“let your ear, I beg you, be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant, which I am praying before you today, day and night, for the sons of Israel your servants, and confessing the sins of the sons of Israel, which we have sinned against you; and I and my father’s house have sinned.”
Nehemiah 1:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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let your ear,תְּהִי אָזְנְךָI beg you,נָאbe attentiveקַשֶּׁבֶתand your eyesוְעֵינֶיךָopenפְתֻוּחוֹתto hearלִשְׁמֹעַthe prayerאֶל תְּפִלַּתof your servant,עַבְדְּךָwhichאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam prayingמִתְפַּלֵּלbefore youלְפָנֶיךָtoday,הַיּוֹםdayיוֹמָםand night,וָלַיְלָהforעַלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyour servants,עֲבָדֶיךָand confessingוּמִתְוַדֶּהthe sinsעַל חַטֹּאותof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhichאֲשֶׁרwe have sinnedחָטָאנוּagainst you;לָךְand Iוַאֲנִיand my father’s houseוּבֵית אָבִיhave sinned.חָטָאנוּ

Nehemiah 1:6, word by word

let your earתְּהִיtehi

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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let your earאָזְנְazn

hearing

The ear that listens: "incline your ear".

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be attentiveקַשֶּׁבֶתkashevet

attentive

Attentive: listening, heeding carefully. Said of God's ears toward prayer.

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and your eyesעֵינֶיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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openפְתֻוּחוֹתfetuuchot

open

To open a door, mouth or eyes.

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to hearשְׁמֹעַshemoa

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

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the prayerתְּפִלַּתtefilat

prayer

Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.

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of your servantעַבְדְּavd

your servant

"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".

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am prayingמִתְפַּלֵּלmitpalel

pray

To talk with God, often asking for others.

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before youפָנֶיfane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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todayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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dayיוֹמָםyomam

by day

By day, in the daytime.

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and nightלַיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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and confessingמִתְוַדֶּהmitvade

confess

To own aloud before God and others one's own sins.

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the sinsחַטֹּאותchatovt

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

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we have sinnedחָטָאנוּchatanu

sin

To do wrong, fail God or another.

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and my father’s houseבֵיתvet

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

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and my father’s houseאָבִavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

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The context

5And I said, “I beg you, YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, the great and fearsome El, who keeps the covenant and loyal love for those who love him and for those who keep his commandments,

6 · This verse (above)

7We have acted very badly against you and have not kept the commandments and the statutes and the rules that you commanded Moses your servant.

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