Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 9:6-15

6Thou art theLORDיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068,evenH853thoualoneלְבַדֶּךָ֒le.va.de.KhaH905; thou hastmadeעָשִׂ֡יתָ'a.Si.taH6213heavenהַשָּׁמַיִם֩ha.sha.ma.YimH8064, theheavenשְׁמֵ֨יshe.MeiH8064ofheavensהַשָּׁמַ֜יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, withallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605theirhostצְבָאָ֗םtze.va.'AmH6635, theearthהָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzH776andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605things that arethereonעָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haH5921, theseasהַיַּמִּים֙hai.ya.MimH3220andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605that is in them, and thou preservest themallכֻּלָּ֑םku.LamH3605; and thehostוּצְבָ֥אu.tze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064worshippeth thee.

7Then art theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068theGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430, who didstchooseבָּחַ֙רְתָּ֙ba.Char.taH977Abramבְּאַבְרָ֔םbe.'av.RamH87and broughtest himforthH3318outH3318of Ur of theChaldeesכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםkas.DimH3778, and gavest him thenameשְּׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034ofAbrahamאַבְרָהָֽם׃'av.ra.HamH85;

8and foundest hisheartלְבָבוֹ֮le.va.VoH3824faithfulנֶאֱמָ֣ןne.'e.ManH539beforeלְפָנֶיךָ֒le.fa.nei.KhaH6440thee, and madest acovenantהַבְּרִ֗יתha.be.RitH1285with him togiveלָתֵ֡תla.TetH5414thelandאֶרֶץ֩'e.RetzH776of theCanaaniteהַכְּנַעֲנִ֨יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669, theHittiteהַחִתִּ֜יha.chi.TiH2850, theAmoriteהָאֱמֹרִ֧יha.'e.mo.RiH567, and thePerizziteוְהַפְּרִזִּ֛יve.hap.pe.ri.ZiH6522, and theJebusiteוְהַיְבוּסִ֥יve.hay.vu.SiH2983, and theGirgashiteוְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֖יve.ha.gir.ga.ShiH1622,evenכִּ֥יkiH3588togiveלָתֵ֣תla.TetH5414it unto hisseedלְזַרְע֑וֹle.zar.'OH2233, and hastperformedH5414thywordsדְּבָרֶ֔יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697; for thou artrighteousצַדִּ֖יקtza.DikH6662.

9And thou sawest the affliction of ourfathersאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1inEgyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, and heardest theircryזַעֲקָתָ֥םza.'a.ka.TamH2201by the RedSeaיַם־yam-H3220;

10and shewedstsignsאֹתֹ֨ת'o.TotH226andwondersוּמֹֽפְתִ֜יםu.mo.fe.TimH4159uponH5921Pharaohבְּפַרְעֹ֤הbe.far.'OhH6547, and onallוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605hisservantsעֲבָדָיו֙'a.va.DavH5650, and onallוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of hislandאַרְצ֔וֹ'ar.TzoH776; for thou knewest that theydealtH2102proudlyH2102againstH5921them; and didst get thee anameשֵׁ֖םshemH8034, as it is thisdayכְּהַיּ֥וֹםke.hai.YomH3117.

11And thou didstdivideבָּקַ֣עְתָּba.Ka'.taH1234theseaוְהַיָּם֙ve.hai.YamH3220beforeH6440them,soכְּמוֹ־ke.mov-H3644that theywentH6440throughוַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּvai.ya.'av.RuH5674themidstH8432of theseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220on thedryבַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑הbai.ya.ba.ShahH3004landH3004; and theirpursuersרֹ֨דְפֵיהֶ֜םro.de.fei.HemH7291thou didstcastהִשְׁלַ֧כְתָּhish.Lakh.taH7993intoH8432thedepthsבִמְצוֹלֹ֛תvim.tzo.LotH4688, as astoneאֶ֖בֶן'E.venH68intoH8432themightyעַזִּֽים׃'a.ZimH5794watersבְּמַ֥יִםbe.Ma.yimH4325.

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.

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