Nehemiah 10:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now those that sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְכָל־זֹ֕את אֲנַ֛חְנוּ כֹּרְתִ֥ים אֲמָנָ֖ה וְכֹתְבִ֑ים וְעַל֙ הֶֽחָת֔וּם שָׂרֵ֥ינוּ לְוִיֵּ֖נוּ כֹּהֲנֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

And in bəkāl-zōʾt we ʾănạḥnū are kōrətîm ʾămānâ and wəkōtəbîm; and upon the heḥātûm [are] our śārênû, our ləwîyēnû, our kōhănênû.

Grammar Details

*bəkāl-zōʾt*: preposition + noun construct + demonstrative - in all this
*ʾănạḥnū*: 1st person plural pronoun - we
*kōrətîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - cutting/making
*ʾămānâ*: noun feminine singular - firm agreement/covenant
*wəkōtəbîm*: conjunction + Qal participle masculine plural - and writing/recording
*heḥātûm*: definite article + Qal passive participle masculine singular - the sealed document
*śārênû*: noun masculine plural + 1st person plural suffix - our officials/princes
*ləwîyēnû*: noun masculine plural + 1st person plural suffix - our Levites
*kōhănênû*: noun masculine plural + 1st person plural suffix - our priests

Word Meanings

*kōrətîm ʾămānâ*: cutting a covenant/making a binding agreement
*heḥātûm*: that which is sealed/the sealed document

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Neh 9:38 : 38 And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal unto it.
Neh 1:1 : 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
Neh 8:9 : 9 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Ezra 2:63 : 63 And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
Neh 7:70 : 70 And some from among the heads of fathers' [houses] gave unto the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

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