And they capturedוַיִּלְכְּדוּfortifiedבְּצֻרוֹתcitiesעָרִיםand fertileוַ שְׁמֵנָהground,אֲדָמָהand they possessedוַיִּירְשׁוּhousesבָּתִּיםfullמְלֵאִיםof allכָּלgood things,טוּבcisternsבֹּרוֹתdug,חֲצוּבִיםvineyardsכְּרָמִיםand olive trees,וְזֵיתִיםand fruitמַאֲכָלtreesוְעֵץin abundance;לָרֹבand they ateוַיֹּאכְלוּand were satisfiedוַיִּשְׂבְּעוּand grew fatוַיַּשְׁמִינוּand delighted themselvesוַיִּתְעַדְּנוּin your greatבְּ הַגָּדוֹלgoodness.טוּבְךָ
Nehemiah 9:25
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:25, word by word
- And they capturedיִּלְכְּדוּyilkdu
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkdu” appears- fortifiedבְּצֻרוֹתbetsurot
fortify
To surround a city with walls.
Where else “betsurot” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- and fertileשְׁמֵנָהshemena
rich, fat
Rich, fat, abundant.
Where else “shemena” appears- groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- and they possessedיִּירְשׁוּyirshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yirshu” appears- housesבָּתִּיםbatim
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “batim” appears- fullמְלֵאִיםmeleim
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “meleim” appears- good thingsטוּבtuv
good things
The best the land gives: its goods, wealth and plenty.
Where else “tuv” appears- cisternsבֹּרוֹתborot
cistern
A hole dug to hold water.
Where else “borot” appears- dugחֲצוּבִיםchatsuvim
hew
To shape rock, or carve wells or tombs in it.
Where else “chatsuvim” appears- vineyardsכְּרָמִיםkeramim
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “keramim” appears- and olive treesזֵיתִיםzetim
olive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zetim” appears- and fruitמַאֲכָלmaachal
food
Food.
Where else “maachal” appears- treesעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- in abundanceרֹבrov
abundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appears- and they ateיֹּאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- and were satisfiedיִּשְׂבְּעוּyisbu
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “yisbu” appears- and grew fatיַּשְׁמִינוּyashminu
grow fat
Grow fat, become thick.
Where else “yashminu” appears- and delighted themselvesיִּתְעַדְּנוּyitadnu
delight oneself
To delight oneself, to live with pleasure and abundance. From the same root as "Eden".
Where else “yitadnu” appears- in your greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears
The context
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.
25 · This verse (above)
26But they were rebellious and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and your prophets they killed, who testified against them to turn them back to you; and they committed great acts of contempt.