But when they had restוּכְנוֹחַ לָהֶםthey would againיָשׁוּבוּdoלַעֲשׂוֹתevilרַעbefore you;לְפָנֶיךָand you would abandon themוַתַּעַזְבֵםinto the handבְּיַדof their enemies,אֹיְבֵיהֶםwho dominatedוַיִּרְדּוּthem;בָהֶםand they would turn againוַיָּשׁוּבוּand cry out to you,וַיִּזְעָקוּךָand youוְאַתָּהfrom the heavensמִשָּׁמַיִםwould hearתִּשְׁמַעand deliver themוְתַצִּילֵםaccording to your merciesכְּרַחֲמֶיךָmanyרַבּוֹתtimes.עִתִּים
Nehemiah 9:28
Study it in the app“But when they had rest they would again do evil before you; and you would abandon them into the hand of their enemies, who dominated them; and they would turn again and cry out to you, and you from the heavens would hear and deliver them according to your mercies many times.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:28, word by word
- But when they had restנוֹחַnoach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “noach” appears- they would againיָשׁוּבוּyashuvu
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- evilרַעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- and you would abandon themתַּעַזְבֵtaazve
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “taazve” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of their enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- who dominatedיִּרְדּוּyirdu
rule
To hold sway, govern.
Where else “yirdu” appears- and cry out to youיִּזְעָקוּyizaku
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “yizaku” appears- from the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- would hearתִּשְׁמַעtishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “tishma” appears- and deliver themתַצִּילֵtatsile
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “tatsile” appears- according to your merciesרַחֲמֶיrachame
compassion
A deep tenderness, like a mother's.
Where else “rachame” appears- manyרַבּוֹתrabot
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabot” appears- timesעִתִּיםitim
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “itim” appears
The context
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.
28 · This verse (above)
29And you testified against them to turn them back to your law; yet they acted with arrogance and did not listen to your commandments, and against your rules they sinned, which, if a person does them, he will live by them; and they gave a rebellious shoulder, and their neck they hardened, and did not listen.