So the sonsוַ הַבָּנִיםwent inיָּבֹאוּand possessedוַיִּירְשׁוּthe land,הָאָרֶץand you subduedוַתַּכְנַעbefore themלִפְנֵיהֶםthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof the land,הָאָרֶץthe Canaanites,הַכְּנַעֲנִיםand gave themוַתִּתְּנֵםinto their hand,בְּיָדָםboth their kingsוְ מַלְכֵיהֶםand the peoplesוְ עַמְמֵיof the land,הָאָרֶץto doלַעֲשׂוֹתwith themבָּהֶםaccording to their will.כִּרְצוֹנָם
Nehemiah 9:24
Study it in the app“So 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:24, word by word
- So the sonsבָּנִיםbanim
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “banim” appears- went inיָּבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears- and possessedיִּירְשׁוּyirshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yirshu” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and you subduedתַּכְנַעtachna
subdue
To master an enemy until he is under one's own power.
Where else “tachna” appears- before themפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיםkenaanim
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaanim” appears- and gave themתִּתְּנֵtitne
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “titne” appears- into their handיָדָyada
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yada” appears- both their kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- and the peoplesעַמְמֵיamme
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amme” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- according to their willרְצוֹנָretsona
will
What one decides as one likes.
Where else “retsona” appears
The context
23And 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.
24 · This verse (above)
25And they captured fortified cities and fertile ground, and they possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug, vineyards and olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance; and they ate and were satisfied and grew fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.