Nehemiah 9:25
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. | They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness. | And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and they captured | וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ | vai-yil-ke-DU | H3920 | to captureלָכַד (la.khad) 1) to capture, take, seize 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to capture, seize 1a2) to capture (of men) (fig.) 1a3) to take (by lot) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) to grasp each other |
| cities | עָרִ֣ים | 'a-RIM | H5892B | cityעִיר (ir) 1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town |
| fortified | בְּצֻרוֹת֮ | be-tzu-rOt | H1219 | to gather/restrain/fortifyבָּצַר (ba.tsar) 1) to gather, restrain, fence, fortify, make inaccessible, enclose 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut off 1a2) fortified, cut off, made inaccessible (pass participle) 1a3) secrets, mysteries, inaccessible things (subst) 1b) (Niphal) to be withheld 1c) (Piel) to fortify |
| and ground | וַאֲדָמָ֣ה | va-'a-da-MAH | H0127G | land: soilאֲדָמָה (a.da.mah) : soil 1) ground, land 1a) ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance) 1b) piece of ground, a specific plot of land 1c) earth substance (for building or constructing) 1d) ground as earth's visible surface 1e) land, territory, country 1f) whole inhabited earth 1g) city in Naphtali |
| fertile | שְׁמֵנָה֒ | she-me-NAH | H8082 | richשָׁמֵן (sha.men) 1) fat, rich, robust 1a) fat, rich (of food) 1b) stout, robust (of men) |
| and they took possession of | וַיִּֽירְשׁ֡וּ | vai-yi-re-SHU | H3423H | to possess: possessיָרַשׁ (ya.rash) : possess/inherit 1) to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take possession of 1a2) to inherit 1a3) to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor 1b) (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty 1c) (Piel) to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to possess or inherit 1d2) to cause others to possess or inherit 1d3) to impoverish 1d4) to dispossess 1d5) to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit |
| houses | בָּתִּ֣ים | ba-TIM | H1004B | to lodgeבִּית (but) (P'al) to pass the night, lodge Aramaic of ba.yit (בַּ֫יִת ": home" H1004B) |
| full | מְלֵֽאִים־ | me-le-'im- | H4392 | fullמָלֵא (ma.le) 1) full, fulness, that which fills 1a) fully (adv) |
| every | כָּל־ | kol- | H3605 | allכֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606) |
| good thing | ט֠וּב | tuv | H2898 | goodnessטוּב (tuv) 1) goods, good things, goodness 1a) good things 1b) goods, property 1c) fairness, beauty, joy, prosperity, goodness (abstract) 1d) goodness (of taste, discernment) 1e) goodness (of God) (abstract) |
| wells | בֹּר֨וֹת | bo-ROT | H0953A | pitבּוֹר (bor) pit, well, cistern, dungeon, pit of the grave |
| dug out | חֲצוּבִ֜ים | cha-tzu-VIM | H2672 | to hewחָצַב (cha.tsav) 1) to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hew out, dig 1a2) to hew 1a2a) stone 1a2b) wood 1a3) to hew in pieces (metaph.) 1a4) to divide, cleave 1b) (Niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved 1c) (Hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces 1d) (Pual) to be cut from, be hewn from |
| vineyards | כְּרָמִ֧ים | ke-ra-MIM | H3754 | vineyardכֶּרֶם (ke.rem) vineyard |
| and olive trees | וְזֵיתִ֛ים | ve-zei-TIM | H2132H | oliveזַ֫יִת (za.yit) 1) olive, olive tree 1a) olive tree 1b) olives 2) mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side |
| and tree[s] of | וְעֵ֥ץ | ve-'ETZ | H6086H | tree: woodעֵץ (ets) : wood 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax |
| food | מַאֲכָ֖ל | ma-'a-KHAL | H3978 | foodמַאֲכָל (ma.a.khal) food, fruit, meat |
| to abundance | לָרֹ֑ב | la-RO | H7230 | abundanceרֹב (rov) 1) multitude, abundance, greatness 1a) multitude 1a1) abundance, abundantly 1a2) numerous 1b) greatness |
| and they ate | וַיֹּאכְל֤וּ | vai-yo-khe-LU | H0398 | to eatאָכַל (a.khal) 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399) |
| and they were satisfied | וַֽיִּשְׂבְּעוּ֙ | vai-yis-be-'U | H7646 | to satisfyשָׂבֵעַ (sa.va) 1) to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be sated (with food) 1a2) to be sated, be satisfied with, be fulfilled, be filled, have one's fill of (have desire satisfied) 1a3) to have in excess, be surfeited, be surfeited with 1a3a) to be weary of (fig) 1b) (Piel) to satisfy 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to satisfy 1c2) to enrich 1c3) to sate, glut (with the undesired) |
| and they grew fat | וַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּ | vai-yash-MI-nu | H8080 | to grow fatשָׁמֵן (sha.man) 1) to be or become fat, grow fat 1a) (Qal) fat (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) to make fat, show fatness |
| and they luxuriated | וַיִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּ | vai-yit-'a-de-NU | H5727 | to luxuriateעָדַן (a.dan) (Hithpael) to luxuriate, delight oneself |
| in goodness your | בְּטוּבְךָ֥ | be-tu-ve-KHA | H2898 | goodnessטוּב (tuv) 1) goods, good things, goodness 1a) good things 1b) goods, property 1c) fairness, beauty, joy, prosperity, goodness (abstract) 1d) goodness (of taste, discernment) 1e) goodness (of God) (abstract) |
| the great | הַגָּדֽוֹל׃ | ha-ga-DOL | H1419A | great: largeגָּדוֹל (ga.dol) adj 1) great 1a) large (in magnitude and extent) 1b) in number 1c) in intensity 1d) loud (in sound) 1e) older (in age) 1f) in importance 1f1) important things 1f2) great, distinguished (of men) 1f3) God Himself (of God) subst 1g) great things 1h) haughty things 1i) greatness Also means: ga.dol (גָּדוֹל ": old" H1419K) § Haggedolim = "the great one" (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.