Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 9:12-19

12Moreover thou leddest them in apillarוּבְעַמּ֣וּדu.ve.'a.MudH5982ofcloudעָנָ֔ן'a.NanH6051bydayיוֹמָ֑םyo.MamH3119; and in apillarוּבְעַמּ֥וּדu.ve.'a.MudH5982offireאֵשׁ֙'eshH784bynightלַ֔יְלָהLay.lahH3915, togiveH215themlightלְהָאִ֣ירle.ha.'IrH215in thewayהַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870whereinאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834they should go.

13Thou camestdownיָרַ֔דְתָּya.Rad.taH3381alsouponוְעַ֤לve.'AlH5921mountהַר־har-H2022Sinaiסִינַי֙si.NaiH5514, and spakest with them fromheavenמִשָּׁמָ֑יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and gavest themrightיְשָׁרִים֙ye.sha.RimH3477judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטִ֤יםmish.pa.TimH4941andtrueאֱמֶ֔ת'e.MetH571lawsוְתוֹר֣וֹתve.to.RotH8451,goodטוֹבִֽים׃to.VimH2896statutesחֻקִּ֥יםchu.KimH2706andcommandmentsוּמִצְוֹ֖תu.mitz.VotH4687:

14and madestknownהוֹדַ֣עַתָho.Da.'a.taH3045unto them thyholyקָדְשְׁךָ֖kod.she.chaH6944sabbathשַׁבַּ֥תsha.BatH7676, and commandedst themcommandmentsוּמִצְו֤וֹתu.mitz.VotH4687, andstatutesוְחֻקִּים֙ve.chu.KimH2706, and alawוְתוֹרָ֔הve.to.RahH8451, by thehandבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872thyservantעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃'av.De.khaH5650:

15and gavest thembreadוְ֠לֶחֶםVe.le.chemH3899fromheavenמִשָּׁמַ֜יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064for theirhungerלִרְעָבָ֔םlir.'a.VamH7458, and broughtestforthהוֹצֵ֥אתָho.Tze.taH3318waterוּמַ֗יִםu.Ma.yimH4325for themoutH3318of therockמִסֶּ֛לַעmi.Se.la'H5553for theirthirstלִצְמָאָ֑םlitz.ma.'AmH6772, and commandedst them that they shouldgoH3318in topossessלָרֶ֣שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou hadstliftedנָשָׂ֥אתָna.Sa.taH5375upH5375thinehandיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027togiveH5414them.

16But they and ourfathersוַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּva.'a.vo.Tei.nuH1dealtH2102proudlyH2102, andhardenedוַיַּקְשׁוּ֙vai.yak.ShuH7185theirneckעָרְפָּ֔ם'a.re.PamH6203, and hearkenednotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808to thycommandmentsמִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃mitz.vo.Tei.khaH4687,

17andrefusedוַיְמָאֲנ֣וּvay.ma.'a.NuH3985toobeyלִשְׁמֹ֗עַlish.Mo.a'H8085,neitherוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808weremindfulזָכְר֤וּza.khe.RuH2142of thywondersנִפְלְאֹתֶ֙יךָ֙nif.le.'o.Tei.khaH6381that thou didst among them; buthardenedוַיַּקְשׁוּ֙vai.yak.ShuH7185theirneckעָרְפָּ֔ם'a.re.PamH6203, and in theirrebellionבְּמִרְיָ֑םbe.mir.YamH4805appointedוַיִּתְּנוּ־vai.yi.te.nu-H5414acaptainוְרַב־ve.rav-H7227toreturnלָשׁ֥וּבla.ShuvH7725to theirbondageלְעַבְדֻתָ֖םle.'av.du.TamH5659: but thou art aGodאֱל֨וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433ready to pardon,graciousחַנּ֧וּןcha.NunH2587andfullרֹ֛אשׁroshH7218of compassion,slowאֶֽרֶךְ־'e.rekh-H750toangerאַפַּ֥יִם'a.Pa.yimH639, and plenteous in mercy, and forsookest themnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

18Yeaכִּֽי־ki-H3588, when they hadmadeH6213them a moltencalfעֵ֣גֶל'E.gelH5695, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, This is thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430thatbroughtH5927theeupH5927outH1419ofEgyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, and had wroughtgreatגְּדֹלֽוֹת׃ge.do.LotH1419provocations;

19yet thou in thy manifoldmerciesבְּרַחֲמֶ֣יךָbe.ra.cha.Mei.khaH7356forsookest themnotH3808in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057: thepillarעַמּ֣וּד'a.MudH5982ofcloudהֶ֠עָנָןHe.'a.nonH6051departedסָ֨רsarH5493notH3808from over them bydayH3119, toleadלְהַנְחֹתָ֣םle.han.cho.TamH5148them in thewayבְּהַדֶּ֔רֶךְbe.ha.De.rekhH1870;neitherH3808thepillarעַמּ֨וּד'a.MudH5982offireהָאֵ֤שׁha.'EshH784bynightבְּלַ֙יְלָה֙be.Lay.lahH3915, to shew themlightלְהָאִ֣ירle.ha.'IrH215, and thewayהַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870whereinאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834they shouldgoH5493.

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