And its produceוּתְבוּאָתָהּincreasesמַרְבָּהfor the kingsלַמְּלָכִיםwhomאֲשֶׁרyou have setנָתַתָּהover usעָלֵינוּbecause of our sins;בְּחַטֹּאותֵינוּand over our bodiesוְעַל גְּוִיֹּתֵינוּthey rule,מֹשְׁלִיםand over our livestock,וּבִבְהֶמְתֵּנוּaccording to their will;כִּרְצוֹנָםand in greatוּבְ גְדוֹלָהdistressצָרָהarewe.”אֲנָחְנוּ
Nehemiah 9:37
Study it in the app“And its produce increases for the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins; and over our bodies they rule, and over our livestock, according to their will; and in great distress are we.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:37, word by word
- And its produceתְבוּאָתָtevuata
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuata” appears- increasesמַרְבָּהmarba
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “marba” appears- for the kingsמְּלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- you have setנָתַתָּהnatata
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natata” appears- because of our sinsחַטֹּאותֵיchatovte
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatovte” appears- and over our bodiesגְּוִיֹּתֵיgeviyote
body
The physical frame of a living being.
Where else “geviyote” appears- they ruleמֹשְׁלִיםmoshlim
rule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “moshlim” appears- and over our livestockבְהֶמְתֵּvehemte
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “vehemte” appears- according to their willרְצוֹנָretsona
will
What one decides as one likes.
Where else “retsona” appears- and in greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- distressצָרָהtsara
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appears
The context
36Look, we are slaves today; and the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good things, look, we are slaves on it.
37 · This verse (above)
38And because of all this we are making a firm agreement and writing it; and on what was sealed are our officials, our Levites, and our priests.