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Nehemiah 2:1

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← Nehemiah 1:11	Nehemiah 2:1 (KJV)	Nehemiah 2:2 →
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.	And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I took up the wine, and gave [it] unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.	Wherefore the king said unto me, Why [is] thy countenance sad, seeing thou [art] not sick? this [is] nothing [else] but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass in the month^H2320 Nisan^H5212, in the twentieth^H6242 year^H8141 of Artaxerxes^H783 the king^H4428, that wine^H3196 was before^H6440 him: and I took up^H5375 the wine^H3196, and gave^H5414 it unto the king^H4428. Now I had not been beforetime sad^H7451 in his presence^H6440.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי ׀ בְּחֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן שְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא הַמֶּלֶךְ יַיִן לְפָנָיו וָאֶשָּׂא אֶת־הַיַּיִן וָאֶתְּנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹא־הָיִיתִי רַע לְפָנָיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֣י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
בְּ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ	be./Cho.desh	H2320	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) month of
נִיסָ֗ן	ni.San	H5212	HNp	Nisan
שְׁנַ֥ת	she.Nat	H8141	HNcfsc	year
עֶשְׂרִ֛ים	'es.Rim	H6242	HAcbpa	twenty
לְ/אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא	le./'ar.tach.Shast'	H783	HR/Np	of/ Artaxerxes
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
יַ֣יִן	Ya.yin	H3196	HNcmsa	wine
לְ/פָנָ֑י/ו	le./fa.Na/v	H6440	HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms	(was) (to)/ before/ him
וָ/אֶשָּׂ֤א	va./'e.Sa'	H5375	HC/Vqw1cs	and/ I took
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/יַּ֨יִן֙	hai./Ya.yin	H3196	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ wine
וָ/אֶתְּנָ֣/ה	va./'e.te.Na/h	H5414	HC/Vqw1cs/Sh	and/ I gave (it)/ !
לַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ	la./Me.lekh	H4428	HRd/Ncmsa	to the/ king
וְ/לֹא	ve./lo'-	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
הָיִ֥יתִי	ha.Yi.ti	H1961	HVqp1cs	I had been
רַ֖ע	ra'	H7451	HAamsa	sad
לְ/פָנָֽי/ו	le./fa.Na/v	H6440	HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms	(to)/ before/ him

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H783 — אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּא (ʼArtachshashtâʼ, ar-takh-shash-taw'): or אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתְּא; or by permutation אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא; of foreign origin; Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings; Artaxerxes.
• H2320 — חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh, kho'-desh): from חָדַשׁ; the new moon; by implication, a month; month(-ly), new moon.
• H3196 — יַיִן (yayin, yah'-yin): from an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication; banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H5212 — נִיסָן (Nîyçân, nee-sawn'): probably of foreign origin; Nisan, the first month of the Jewish sacred year; Nisan.
• H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H6242 — עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, es-reem'): from עֶשֶׂר; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth; (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• I took up — Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21, Nehemiah 1:11
• Nisan — Esther 3:7
• the twentieth — Ezra 7:1, Ezra 7:7, Nehemiah 1:1

Reciprocal references (5): Nehemiah 5:14, Nehemiah 13:6, Psalms 102:17, Proverbs 12:25, Daniel 9:25

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: MONTHS
• Nave’s: BUTLER, COUNTRY, MONTH, NEHEMIAH

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