And your holyוְ קָדְשְׁךָSabbathשַׁבַּתyou made knownהוֹדַעַתָto them,לָהֶםand commandmentsוּמִצְווֹתand statutesוְחֻקִּיםand a lawוְתוֹרָהyou commandedצִוִּיתָthemלָהֶםby the handבְּיַדof Mosesמֹשֶׁהyour servant.עַבְדֶּךָ
Nehemiah 9:14
Study it in the app“And your holy Sabbath you made known to them, and commandments and statutes and a law you commanded them by the hand of Moses your servant.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:14, word by word
- And your holyקָדְשְׁkadsh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadsh” appears- Sabbathשַׁבַּתshabat
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears- you made knownהוֹדַעַתָhodaata
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “hodaata” appears- and commandmentsמִצְווֹתmitsvot
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” appears- and statutesחֻקִּיםchukim
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukim” appears- and a lawתוֹרָהtora
law
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “tora” appears- you commandedצִוִּיתָtsivita
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsivita” appears- by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- your servantעַבְדֶּavde
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avde” appears
The context
13And on Mount Sinai you came down, and spoke with them from the heavens, and gave them right rules and instructions of truth, good statutes and commandments.
14 · This verse (above)
15And bread from the heavens you gave them for their hunger, and water from the crag you brought out for them for their thirst; and you told them to go in to possess the land for which you had lifted up your hand to give it to them.