Bible Verse Dictionary
Nehemiah 6:3 - Plain
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
sent | H7971 | שָׁלַח |
[Verb] to send {away} {for} or out (in a great variety of applications) |
messengers | H4397 | מֲלְאָךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a messenger; specifically of {God} that {is} an angel (also a {prophet} priest or teacher) |
unto | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
them saying | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
am doing | H6213 | עָשָׂה |
[Verb] to do or {make} in the broadest sense and widest application |
a great | H1419 | גָּדוֹל |
[Adjective] great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent |
work | H4399 | מְלָאכָה |
[Noun Feminine] properly {deputyship} that {is} ministry; generally employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor) |
so that I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
cannot | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
come down | H3381 | יָרַד |
[Verb] to descend (literally to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower {region} as the {shore} a {boundary} the {enemy} etc.; or figuratively to fall); causatively to bring down (in all the above applications) |
why | H4100 | מָה |
properly interrogitive what ? (including {how ?} why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including {how !}) or indefinitely what (including {whatever} and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses |
should the work | H4399 | מְלָאכָה |
[Noun Feminine] properly {deputyship} that {is} ministry; generally employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor) |
cease | H7673 | שָׁבַת |
[Verb] to {repose} that {is} desist from exertion; used in many implied relations ({causatively} figuratively or specifically) |
whilst | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
leave | H7503 | רָפָה |
[Verb] to slacken (in many {applications} literally or figuratively) |
it and come down | H3381 | יָרַד |
[Verb] to descend (literally to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower {region} as the {shore} a {boundary} the {enemy} etc.; or figuratively to fall); causatively to bring down (in all the above applications) |
to | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
you |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.