And their sonsוּבְנֵיהֶםyou multipliedהִרְבִּיתָlike the starsכְּכֹכְבֵיof the heavens,הַשָּׁמָיִםand brought themוַתְּבִיאֵםintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץof whichאֲשֶׁרyou had toldאָמַרְתָּtheir fathersלַאֲבֹתֵיהֶםthat they would go inלָבוֹאto possess it.לָרָשֶׁת
Nehemiah 9:23
Study it in the app“And their sons you multiplied like the stars of the heavens, and brought them into the land of which you had told their fathers that they would go in to possess it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:23, word by word
- And their sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- you multipliedהִרְבִּיתָhirbita
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “hirbita” appears- like the starsכֹכְבֵיchochve
star
Star.
Where else “chochve” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and brought themתְּבִיאֵtevie
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “tevie” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- you had toldאָמַרְתָּamarta
promise
To give one's word that something will be done.
Where else “amarta” appears- their fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- to possess itרָשֶׁתrashet
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rashet” appears
The context
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.
23 · This verse (above)
24So the sons went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hand, both their kings and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their will.