And I contendedוָאָרִיבwith themעִמָּםand cursed themוָאֲקַלְלֵםand struckוָאַכֶּהsome menאֲנָשִׁיםof them,מֵהֶםand pulled out their hair,וָאֶמְרְטֵםand made them swearוָאַשְׁבִּיעֵםby Elohim:בֵּאלֹהִים“You shall notאִםgiveתִּתְּנוּyour daughtersבְנֹתֵיכֶםto their sons,לִבְנֵיהֶםnorוְאִםtakeתִּשְׂאוּany of their daughtersמִבְּנֹתֵיהֶםfor your sonsלִבְנֵיכֶםor for yourselves.וְלָכֶם
Nehemiah 13:25
Study it in the app“And I contended with them and cursed them and struck some men of them, and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by Elohim: “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take any of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 13:25, word by word
- And I contendedאָרִיבariv
quarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “ariv” appears- and cursed themאֲקַלְלֵakalle
curse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “akalle” appears- and struckאַכֶּהake
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “ake” appears- some menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- and pulled out their hairאֶמְרְטֵemrte
pull out hair
To pull out someone's hair or beard, as a gesture of grief or humiliation.
Where else “emrte” appears- and made them swearאַשְׁבִּיעֵashbie
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “ashbie” appears- by Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- giveתִּתְּנוּtitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titnu” appears- your daughtersבְנֹתֵיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- to their sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- takeתִּשְׂאוּtisu
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “tisu” appears
The context
24And as for their sons, half spoke the language of Ashdod, and they did not know how to speak the language of Judah, but according to the language of each people.
25 · This verse (above)
26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of these things? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and loved by his Elohim he was, and Elohim made him king over all Israel; even him the foreign women made to sin.