Nehemiah 1:9

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Nehemiah 1:9, word by word

and if you returnשַׁבְתֶּםshavtem

return

To go back to a place.

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and keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

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my commandmentsמִצְוֺתַmitsvota

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

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and doעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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your banished onesנִדַּחֲnidaach

banish

To push a people far from their land.

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areיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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at the endקְצֵהketse

end

The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.

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of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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I will gather themאֲקַבְּצֵakabtse

gather

To bring people to one place, or to come together there.

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and bring themהֲבִיאוֹתִיhavioti

bring

To bring something or someone.

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the placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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I have chosenבָּחַרְתִּיbacharti

elect

God picks out his people, a place or a king.

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to make my name dwellשַׁכֵּןshaken

make dwell

To make dwell: "to make his name dwell there".

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to make my name dwellשְׁמִshemi

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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Translation note

Nehemiah recalls here, in his own words, what is said in Deuteronomy 30:1-5.

The context