Nehemiah 9:19
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
רַחַם
racham
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
מִדְבָּר
midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
עַמּוּד
ʻammûwd
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
עָנָן
ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
נָסַע
nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
נָחָה
nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
עַמּוּד
ʻammûwd
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Key Terms in This Verse
רַחַם racham
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
Study H7356 →נָחָה nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Study H5148 →עָנָן ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
Study H6051 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →נָסַע nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Study H5265 →נָגַד nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...
Study H5046 →Cross References
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifo...
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesse...
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that t...
Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
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