Nehemiah 9:23

“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.”

Nehemiah 9:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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like the starsכֹכְבֵיchochve

star

Star.

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of the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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and brought themתְּבִיאֵtevie

bring

To bring something or someone.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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you had toldאָמַרְתָּamarta

promise

To give one's word that something will be done.

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their fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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to possess itרָשֶׁתrashet

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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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.

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