Nehemiah 2:3
I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”This verse in the real world
In what words
- חָרֵבchârêbparched or ruined
- יָרַעyâraʻproperly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear
- קֶבֶרqebera sepulchre
- חָיָהchâyâhto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- שַׁעַרshaʻaran opening, i.e. door or gate
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmproperly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.