But they were rebelliousוַיַּמְרוּand rebelledוַיִּמְרְדוּagainst you,בָּךְand castוַיַּשְׁלִכוּyour lawתּוֹרָתְךָbehindאַחֲרֵיtheir back,גַוָּםand your prophetsוְ נְבִיאֶיךָthey killed,הָרָגוּwhoאֲשֶׁרtestifiedהֵעִידוּagainst themבָםto turn them backלַהֲשִׁיבָםto you;אֵלֶיךָand they committedוַיַּעֲשׂוּgreatגְּדוֹלֹתacts of contempt.נֶאָצוֹת
Nehemiah 9:26
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With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:26, word by word
- But they were rebelliousיַּמְרוּyamru
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “yamru” appears- and rebelledיִּמְרְדוּyimrdu
rebel
Rebel: refuse to obey the one in authority.
Where else “yimrdu” appears- and castיַּשְׁלִכוּyashlichu
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlichu” appears- your lawתּוֹרָתְtorat
law
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torat” appears- their backגַוָּgava
back
Back, the rear part of the body. "To cast behind one's back" is to set something aside and pay no attention to it.
Where else “gava” appears- and your prophetsנְבִיאֶיnevie
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appears- they killedהָרָגוּharagu
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haragu” appears- testifiedהֵעִידוּheidu
warn
To warn strongly, calling someone as witness.
Where else “heidu” appears- to turn them backהֲשִׁיבָhashiva
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashiva” appears- and they committedיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- greatגְּדוֹלֹתgedolot
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolot” appears- acts of contemptנֶאָצוֹתneatsot
contempt
Contempt, insult: words or deeds by which someone is treated as worthless (2 Kings 19:3; Isaiah 37:3). It comes from the verb "despise."
Where else “neatsot” appears
The context
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.
26 · This verse (above)
27So you gave them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them; and in the time of their distress they would cry out to you, and you from the heavens would hear, and according to your many mercies you would give them saviors, and they would save them from the hand of their adversaries.