Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 9:22-29

22Moreover thou gavest themkingdomsמַמְלָכוֹת֙mam.la.khOtH4467andpeoplesוַעֲמָמִ֔יםva.'a.ma.MimH5971, which thou didstallotH5414afterH776their portions:soH5414theypossessedוַיִּֽירְשׁ֞וּvai.yi.re.ShuH3423thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofSihonסִיח֗וֹןsi.ChonH5511,evenH853thelandאֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retzH776of thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofHeshbonחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןchesh.BonH2809, and thelandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776ofOgע֥וֹגogH5747kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBashanהַבָּשָֽׁן׃ha.ba.ShanH1316.

23Theirchildrenוּבְנֵיהֶ֣םu.ve.nei.HemH1121also multipliedst thou as thestarsכְּכֹכְבֵ֖יke.cho.khe.VeiH3556ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and broughtest themintoאֶל־'el-H413thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, concerningwhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou didstsayאָמַ֥רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559to theirfathersלַאֲבֹתֵיהֶ֖םla.'a.vo.tei.HemH1, that they shouldgoH935in topossessלָרָֽשֶׁת׃la.Ra.shetH3423it.

24SoH6213thechildrenהַבָּנִים֙ha.ba.NimH1121wentH935in andpossessedוַיִּֽירְשׁ֣וּvai.yi.re.ShuH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and thou subduedstbeforeלִפְנֵיהֶ֜םlif.nei.HemH6440them theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֤יyo.she.VeiH3427of thelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776, theCanaanitesהַכְּנַ֣עֲנִ֔יםha.ke.Na.'a.NimH3669, and gavest themintoH935theirhandsבְּיָדָ֑םbe.ya.DamH3027, with theirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428, and thepeoplesעַֽמְמֵ֣י'a.MeiH5971of thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, that they mightdoH6213with them as they would.

25And theytookוַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּvai.yil.ke.DuH3920fencedcitiesעָרִ֣ים'a.RimH5892, and afatוַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּvai.yash.Mi.nuH8080landוַאֲדָמָ֣הva.'a.da.MahH127andpossessedH3423housesבָּתִּ֣יםba.TimH1004fullמְלֵֽאִים־me.le.'im-H4392ofgoodט֠וּבtuvH2898things,cisternsבֹּר֨וֹתbo.RotH953hewnחֲצוּבִ֜יםcha.tzu.VimH2672outH3423,vineyardsכְּרָמִ֧יםke.ra.MimH3754, and oliveyards, andfruitמַאֲכָ֖לma.'a.KhalH3978treesוְעֵ֥ץve.'EtzH6086inabundanceלָרֹ֑בla.RoH7230:soH7230they dideatוַיֹּאכְל֤וּvai.yo.khe.LuH398, and werefilledH7646, andbecameH7646fatH8080, and delighted themselves in thygreatהַגָּדֽוֹל׃ha.ga.DolH1419goodnessבְּטוּבְךָ֥be.tu.ve.KhaH2898.

26Nevertheless they weredisobedientוַיַּמְר֨וּvai.yam.RuH4784, andrebelledH4784againstH413thee, andcastוַיַּשְׁלִ֤כוּvai.yash.Li.khuH7993thylawתּוֹרָֽתְךָ֙to.ra.te.KhaH8451behindאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310theirbackלַהֲשִׁיבָ֣םla.ha.shi.VamH7725, andslewהָרָ֔גוּha.Ra.guH2026thyprophetsנְבִיאֶ֣יךָne.vi.'Ei.khaH5030whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834testifiedהֵעִ֥ידוּhe.'I.duH5749againstH413them toturnH7725themagainH7725unto thee, and they wroughtgreatגְּדוֹלֹֽת׃ge.do.LotH1419provocations.

27Therefore thou deliveredst themintoH413thehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of theirtroubleצָֽרָתָם֙tza.ra.TamH6869, when theycriedיִצְעֲק֣וּyitz.'a.KuH6817unto thee, thou heardest fromheavenמִשָּׁמַ֣יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064; andaccordingH413to thy manifoldmerciesוּֽכְרַחֲמֶ֣יךָu.khe.ra.cha.Mei.khaH7356thou gavest them saviours whosavedH3467themoutH413of thehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of their adversaries.

28But after they hadrestוּכְנ֣וֹחַu.khe.No.achH5117, theydidH6213evilרַ֖עra'H7451againיָשׁ֕וּבוּya.Shu.vuH7725beforeלְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee: therefore leftest thou them in thehandבְּיַ֤דbe.YadH3027of theirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶם֙'o.ye.vei.HemH341,soH6213that they had thedominionוַיִּרְדּ֣וּvai.yir.DuH7287over them: yet when theyreturnedוַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙vai.ya.Shu.vuH7725, andcriedוַיִּזְעָק֔וּךָvai.yiz.'a.Ku.chaH2199unto thee, thou heardest fromheavenמִשָּׁמַ֧יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064; andmanyרַבּ֥וֹתra.BotH7227timesעִתִּֽים׃'i.TimH6256didst thoudeliverוְתַצִּילֵ֥םve.ta.tzi.LemH5337themaccordingH3027to thymerciesכְּֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָke.ra.cha.Mei.khaH7356;

29and testifiedstagainstH413them, that thou mightestbringלַהֲשִׁיבָ֣םla.ha.shi.VamH7725themagainH7725unto thylawתּוֹרָתֶ֗ךָto.ra.Te.khaH8451: yet theydealtH2102proudlyH2102, and hearkenednotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808unto thycommandmentsלְמִצְוֹתֶ֙יךָ֙le.mitz.vo.Tei.khaH4687, butsinnedחָֽטְאוּ־cha.te.'u-H2398againstH413thyjudgmentsוּבְמִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָu.ve.mish.pa.Tei.khaH4941, (whichH834ifH834amanאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120doיַעֲשֶׂ֥הya.'a.SehH6213, he shallliveוְחָיָ֣הve.cha.YahH2421in them,) andwithdrewH7725theshoulderכָתֵף֙kha.TefH3802, andhardenedהִקְשׁ֖וּhik.ShuH7185theirneckוְעָרְפָּ֥םve.'a.re.PamH6203, and wouldnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808hearH8085.

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