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We have acted very badlyחֲבֹל חָבַלְנוּagainst youלָךְand have notוְלֹאkeptשָׁמַרְנוּthe commandmentsהַמִּצְוֺתand the statutesוְ הַחֻקִּיםand the rulesוְ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyou commandedצִוִּיתָMosesמֹשֶׁהyour servant.עַבְדֶּךָ
Nehemiah 1:7
Study it in the app“We have acted very badly against you and have not kept the commandments and the statutes and the rules that you commanded Moses your servant.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 1:7, word by word
- We have acted very badlyחֲבֹלchavol
ruin
To do harm or ruin something; also to act very wickedly.
Where else “chavol” appears- keptשָׁמַרְנוּshamarnu
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamarnu” appears- the commandmentsמִּצְוֺתmitsvot
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” appears- and the statutesחֻקִּיםchukim
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukim” appears- and the rulesמִּשְׁפָּטִיםmishpatim
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatim” appears- you commandedצִוִּיתָtsivita
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsivita” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- your servantעַבְדֶּavde
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avde” appears
The context
6let 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded Moses your servant, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples;