KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Nehemiah 9:10 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.”
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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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| “And shewedst” | וַ֠תִּתֵּן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | shewedst |
| “signs” | אֹתֹ֨ת | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | signs |
| “and wonders” | וּמֹֽפְתִ֜ים | A miracle; by implication, a token or omen | wonders |
| “upon Pharaoh,” | בְּפַרְעֹ֤ה | Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings | upon Pharaoh |
| “and on all” | וּבְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “his servants,” | עֲבָדָיו֙ | A servant | servants |
| “and on all” | וּבְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the people” | עַ֣ם | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “of his land:” | אַרְצ֔וֹ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “for” | כִּ֣י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “thou knewest” | יָדַ֔עְתָּ | To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) | knewest |
| “that” | כִּ֥י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | that |
| “they dealt proudly” | הֵזִ֖ידוּ | To seethe; figuratively, to be insolent | dealt proudly |
| “against” | עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | against |
| “them. So didst thou get” | וַתַּֽעַשׂ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | didst get |
| “thee a name,” | שֵׁ֖ם | An appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character | name |
| “as this” | הַזֶּֽה׃ | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | as this |
| “it is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “day.” | כְּהַיּ֥וֹם | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |
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8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
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