Nehemiah 9:20
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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...
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
יָסַר
yâçar
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
מָנַע
mânaʻ
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
מָן
mân
literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
צָמָא
tsâmâʼ
thirst (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָנַע mânaʻ
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
Study H4513 →יָסַר yâçar
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
Study H3256 →מָן mân
literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
Study H4478 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →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 or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it no...
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elde...
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
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