Nehemiah 2:5
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
חֵן
chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
יֵשׁ
yêsh
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
יֵשׁ yêsh
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
Study H3426 →טוֹב ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Study H2895 →חֵן chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Study H2580 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
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