Berean Standard Bible
Nehemiah 2:2-3
2so the kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559to me, “Whyמַדּ֣וּעַ׀ma.Du.a'H4069isyour faceפָּנֶ֣יךָpa.Nei.khaH6440sadרָעִ֗יםra.'ImH7451,though youוְאַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH859arenotאֵֽינְךָ֣'ei.ne.KhaH369illחוֹלֶ֔הcho.LehH2470?Thisזֶ֔הZehH2088could only beאֵ֣ין כִּי־ אִ֖ם'ein ki- 'imH369H3588H518sadnessרֹ֣עַֽRo.a'H7455of the heartלֵ֑בLevH3820.”I was overwhelmed with fearוָאִירָ֖א הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃va.'i.Ra' har.Beh me.'OdH3372H7235H3966
3and repliedוָאֹמַ֣רva.'o.MarH559to the kingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428, “May the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428live foreverלְעוֹלָ֣ם יִחְיֶ֑הle.'o.Lam yich.YehH2421H5769!Whyמַדּ֜וּעַma.Du.a'H4069should I notלֹא־lo'-H3808be sadיֵרְע֣וּ פָנַ֗יye.re.'U fa.NaiH7489H6440whenאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834the cityהָעִ֜ירha.'IrH5892whereבֵּית־beit-H1004my fathersאֲבֹתַי֙'a.vo.TaiH1are buriedקִבְר֤וֹתkiv.RotH6913lies in ruinsחֲרֵבָ֔הcha.re.VahH2720,and its gatesוּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָu.she.'a.Rei.haH8179have been destroyedאֻכְּל֥וּ'u.ke.LuH398by fireבָאֵֽשׁ׃ סva.'EshH784?”
Commentaries on Nehemiah 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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