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Fortyוְאַרְבָּעִיםyearsשָׁנָהyou sustained themכִּלְכַּלְתָּםin the wilderness;בַּמִּדְבָּרthey lackedחָסֵרוּnothing;לֹאtheir clothesשַׂלְמֹתֵיהֶםdid notלֹאwear out,בָלוּand their feetוְרַגְלֵיהֶםdid notלֹאswell.בָצֵקוּ
Nehemiah 9:21
Study it in the app“Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.”
Israel confesses its stubbornness and recalls that God did not abandon themFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:21, word by word
- Fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- you sustained themכִּלְכַּלְתָּkilkalta
provide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “kilkalta” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- they lackedחָסֵרוּchaseru
lack, be lacking
Lack, be short of; decrease.
Where else “chaseru” appears- their clothesשַׂלְמֹתֵיsalmote
garment, cloak
Garment, cloak.
Where else “salmote” appears- wear outבָלוּvalu
wear out
To become old and worn out through use or time, like clothing.
Where else “valu” appears- and their feetרַגְלֵיragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- swellבָצֵקוּvatseku
swell
Swell: the foot becoming swollen from walking.
Where else “vatseku” appears
The context
20And your good spirit you gave to give them understanding, and your manna you did not withhold from their mouth, and water you gave them for their thirst.
21 · This verse (above)
22And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and distributed them by regions; and they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.