Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 13:16-19

16Theredweltיָ֣שְׁבוּYa.she.vuH3427menH1121ofTyreוְהַצֹּרִים֙ve.ha.tzo.RimH6876also therein, whichbroughtמְבִיאִ֥יםme.vi.'ImH935infishדָּ֖אגdagH1709, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605manner of ware, andsoldוּמֹכְרִ֧יםu.mo.khe.RimH4376on thesabbathבַּשַּׁבָּ֛תba.sha.BatH7676unto thechildrenH1121ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063, and inJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃u.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

17Then Icontendedוָאָרִ֕יבָהva.'a.Ri.vahH7378with thenoblesחֹרֵ֣יcho.ReiH2715ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, andsaidוָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.RahH559unto them,Whatמָֽה־mah-H4100evilהָרָ֤עha.Ra'H7451thingהַדָּבָ֨רha.da.VarH1697is this that yedoעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213, andprofaneוּֽמְחַלְּלִ֖יםu.me.cha.le.LimH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayי֥וֹםYomH3117?

18DidH6213notH3808yourfathersאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1thusכֹ֤הkhohH3541, anddidH6213notH3808ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430bringH935allכָּל־kol-H3605thisevilהָרָעָ֣הha.ra.'AhH7451uponH5921usH5921, anduponH5921thiscityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892? yet yebringH935moreH3808wrathחָרוֹן֙cha.rOnH2740uponH5921Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478byprofaningלְחַלֵּ֖לle.cha.LelH2490thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ פha.sha.BatH7676.

19And itcameיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935topassH935that, when thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֨יsha.'a.ReiH8179ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389beganוַיְהִ֡יvay.HiH1961to bedarkצָֽלֲלוּ֩tza.la.LuH6751beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֗תha.sha.BatH7676, Icommandedוָאֹֽמְרָה֙va.'o.me.RahH559that thedoorsהַדְּלָת֔וֹתha.de.la.TotH1817should beshutוַיִּסָּגְר֣וּvai.yi.sa.ge.RuH5462, andcommandedוָאֹ֣מְרָ֔הva.'O.me.RahH559that they shouldnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808beopenedיִפְתָּח֔וּםyif.ta.ChumH6605tillעַ֖ד'adH5704afterאַחַ֣ר'a.CharH310thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֑תha.sha.BatH7676: andsomeH3117of myservantsוּמִנְּעָרַ֗יu.mi.ne.'a.RaiH5288setהֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙he.'e.Mad.tiH5975I over thegatesהַשְּׁעָרִ֔יםha.she.'a.RimH8179, that there shouldnoלֹא־lo'-H3808burdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853bebroughtH935in on thesabbathהַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ha.sha.BatH7676dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117.

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