Did notהֲלוֹאSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהkingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsinחָטָאon account ofעַלthese things?אֵלֶּהAmongוּבַthe manyהָרַבִּיםnationsגּוֹיִםthere was noלֹא הָיָהkingמֶלֶךְlike him,כָּמֹהוּand lovedוְאָהוּבby his Elohimלֵאלֹהָיוhe was,הָיָהand Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםmade himיִּתְּנֵהוּkingמֶלֶךְoverעַלallכָּלIsrael;יִשְׂרָאֵלevenגַּםhimאוֹתוֹthe foreignהַנָּכְרִיּוֹתwomenהַנָּשִׁיםmade to sin.הֶחֱטִיאוּ
Nehemiah 13:26
Study it in the app“Did 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 13:26, word by word
- Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- sinחָטָאchata
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chata” appears- the manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- there was noהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- and lovedאָהוּבahuv
love God
The love between God and his people.
Where else “ahuv” appears- by his Elohimאלֹהָיlohay
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohay” appears- made himיִּתְּנֵyitne
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “yitne” appears- the foreignנָּכְרִיּוֹתnachriyot
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriyot” appears- womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears
The context
25And 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.
26 · This verse (above)
27And shall we listen to you and do all this great evil, acting unfaithfully against our Elohim by marrying foreign women?”