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And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרto me,לִי“Whatעַל מַהis itזֶּהthat youאַתָּהare seeking?”מְבַקֵּשׁSo I prayedוָאֶתְפַּלֵּלtoאֶלthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the heavens,הַשָּׁמָיִם
Nehemiah 2:4
Study it in the app“And the king said to me, “What is it that you are seeking?” So I prayed to the Elohim of the heavens,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 2:4, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- are seekingמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakesh” appears- So I prayedאֶתְפַּלֵּלetpalel
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “etpalel” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears
The context
3And I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the house of the tombs of my fathers, lies in ruins, and its gates have been consumed by fire?”
4 · This verse (above)
5and I said to the king, “If to the king it seems good, and if your servant is pleasing before you, that you send me to Judah, to the city of the tombs of my fathers, so that I may build it.”