Nehemiah 9:26

“But 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.”

Nehemiah 9:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and your prophetsנְבִיאֶיnevie

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

Where else “nevie” appears
they killedהָרָגוּharagu

kill

Kill, slay.

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testifiedהֵעִידוּheidu

warn

To warn strongly, calling someone as witness.

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to turn them backהֲשִׁיבָhashiva

return

To go back to a place.

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and they committedיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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greatגְּדוֹלֹתgedolot

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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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."

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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.

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