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But we prayedוַנִּתְפַּלֵּלtoאֶלour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּand setוַנַּעֲמִידa guardמִשְׁמָרagainst themעֲלֵיהֶםdayיוֹמָםand nightוָלַיְלָהbecause of them.מִפְּנֵיהֶם
Nehemiah 4:9
Study it in the app“But we prayed to our Elohim, and set a guard against them day and night because of them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 4:9, word by word
- But we prayedנִּתְפַּלֵּלnitpalel
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “nitpalel” appears- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- and setנַּעֲמִידnaamid
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “naamid” appears- a guardמִשְׁמָרmishmar
watch
The service of watching over a place, with men posted there.
Where else “mishmar” appears- dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- and nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- because of themפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears
The context
8and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause it confusion.
9 · This verse (above)
10And Judah said, “The strength of the carrier has faltered, and the rubble is much, and we will not be able to build on the wall.”