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And shall we listenוְ הֲנִשְׁמַעto youלָכֶםand doלַעֲשֹׂתallכָּלthisהַזֹּאתgreatהַגְּדוֹלָהevil,הָרָעָהacting unfaithfullyלִמְעֹלagainst our Elohimבֵּאלֹהֵינוּby marryingלְהֹשִׁיבforeignנָכְרִיּוֹתwomen?”נָשִׁים
Nehemiah 13:27
Study it in the app“And shall we listen to you and do all this great evil, acting unfaithfully against our Elohim by marrying foreign women?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 13:27, word by word
- And shall we listenנִשְׁמַעnishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “nishma” appears- and doעֲשֹׂתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- acting unfaithfullyמְעֹלmeol
be unfaithful
Be unfaithful, break the loyalty owed; especially, keep for oneself what belongs to God.
Where else “meol” appears- against our Elohimאלֹהֵיlohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appears- by marryingהֹשִׁיבhoshiv
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “hoshiv” appears- foreignנָכְרִיּוֹתnachriyot
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriyot” appears- womenנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears
The context
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.
27 · This verse (above)
28And one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; so I chased him away from me.