Nehemiah 9:13
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
חֹק
chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Key Terms in This Verse
דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →תּוֹרָה tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
Study H8451 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →חֹק chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Study H2706 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →Cross References
And God spake all these words, saying,
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
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