KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Nehemiah 2:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Moreover I said” | וָֽאוֹמַר֮ | To say (used with great latitude) | Moreover said |
| “unto the king,” | לַמֶּלֶךְ֒ | A king | king |
| “If” | אִם | Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | If |
| “it please” | ט֔וֹב | To be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense | please |
| “the king,” | הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | A king | king |
| “let letters” | אִגְּרוֹת֙ | An epistle | let letters |
| “be given” | יִתְּנוּ | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | given |
| “me to” | עַֽל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | me to |
| “the governors” | פַּחֲו֖וֹת | A prefect (of a city or small district) | governors |
| “beyond” | עֵ֣בֶר | Properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east) | beyond |
| “the river,” | הַנָּהָ֑ר | A stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity | river |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁר֙ | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “they may convey me over” | יַֽעֲבִיר֔וּנִי | To cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) | convey |
| “till” | עַ֥ד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | till |
| “I come” | אָב֖וֹא | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | come |
| “into” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | into |
| “Judah;” | יְהוּדָֽה׃ | Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory | Judah |
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5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
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