Nehemiah 9:31
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַךְ
ʼak
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
רַחַם
racham
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
חָרַם
châram
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
כָּלָה
kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
חָנַן
chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
חָנַן
chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
חָנַן chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Study H2603 →חָנַן chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Study H2603 →רַחַם racham
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
Study H7356 →כָּלָה kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Study H3615 →אַךְ ʼak
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
Study H389 →חָרַם châram
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
Study H2763 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God...
For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gra...
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them fro...
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