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Yet in your manyוּבְ הָרַבִּיםmerciesרַחֲמֶיךָyou did notלֹאmakeעֲשִׂיתָan end of themם כָּלָהnorוְלֹאabandon them,עֲזַבְתָּםforכִּיa graciousחַנּוּןand mercifulוְרַחוּםElאֵלareyou.אָתָּה
Nehemiah 9:31
Study it in the app“Yet in your many mercies you did not make an end of them nor abandon them, for a gracious and merciful El are you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:31, word by word
- Yet in your manyרַבִּיםrabim
much
In great quantity, more than expected.
Where else “rabim” appears- merciesרַחֲמֶיrachame
compassion
A deep tenderness, like a mother's.
Where else “rachame” appears- makeעֲשִׂיתָasita
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asita” appears- an end of themכָּלָהkala
extermination
A complete destruction that leaves nothing.
Where else “kala” appears- abandon themעֲזַבְתָּazavta
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azavta” appears- a graciousחַנּוּןchanun
gracious
Gracious, merciful: who shows favor to one in need. Said almost always of God.
Where else “chanun” appears- and mercifulרַחוּםrachum
merciful
Merciful: who feels tenderness and compassion. Said almost always of God.
Where else “rachum” appears- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears
The context
30And you were patient with them many years, and testified against them by your spirit through your prophets, but they did not give ear; so you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
31 · This verse (above)
32And now, our Elohim, the great, mighty, and fearsome El, who keeps the covenant and the loyal love, do not let all the hardship that has found us seem little before you, for our kings, for our officials, for our priests, for our prophets, for our fathers, and for all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.