Nehemiah 7:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNehemiah 7:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן
nâthan
H5414
to give
אֱלֹהַי֙
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
לִבִּ֔י
lêb
H3820
heart
וָאֶקְבְּצָ֞ה
qâbats
H6908
to gather
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַחֹרִ֧ים
chôr
H2715
noble
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַסְּגָנִ֛ים
çâgân
H5461
governor
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָעָ֖ם
ʻam
H5971
people
לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ
yâchas
H3187
to enroll
וָֽאֶמְצָ֗א
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
סֵ֤פֶר
çêpher
H5612
book
הַיַּ֨חַשׂ֙
yachas
H3188
genealogy
הָעוֹלִ֣ים
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
בָּרִאשׁוֹנָ֔ה
riʼshôwn
H7223
first
וָאֶמְצָ֖א
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
כָּת֥וּב
kâthab
H3789
to write
בּֽוֹ
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World English Bible Public Domain
My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:
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King James Version Public Domain
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And my God gave to my heart, and I gathered together the nobles and the prefects and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy for the ones who came up at the first. And I found written in it:
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