Nehemiah 13:26

“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.”

Nehemiah 13:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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".

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and lovedאָהוּבahuv

love God

The love between God and his people.

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by his Elohimאלֹהָיlohay

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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made himיִּתְּנֵyitne

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

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the foreignנָּכְרִיּוֹתnachriyot

foreign, stranger

Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.

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womenנָּשִׁיםnashim

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

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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?”

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