Yet youוְאַתָּהarerighteousצַדִּיקinעַלallכָּלthatהַhas comeבָּאupon us,עָלֵינוּforכִּיfaithfullyאֱמֶתyou have acted,עָשִׂיתָwhile weוַאֲנַחְנוּhave done wickedly.הִרְשָׁעְנוּ
Nehemiah 9:33
Study it in the app“Yet you are righteous in all that has come upon us, for faithfully you have acted, while we have done wickedly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:33, word by word
- righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- has comeבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- faithfullyאֱמֶתemet
faithfulness
That one can rely on him because he keeps his word.
Where else “emet” appears- you have actedעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- have done wickedlyהִרְשָׁעְנוּhirshanu
act wickedly
To act badly, be at fault.
Where else “hirshanu” appears
The context
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.
33 · This verse (above)
34And our kings, our officials, our priests, and our fathers did not do your law, nor pay attention to your commandments or to your testimonies with which you testified against them.