Nehemiah 5:16
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
קָנָה
qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
אָן
ʼân
where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Key Terms in This Verse
יָסַף yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Study H3254 →קָנָה qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
Study H7069 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →Cross References
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
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