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Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

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זָכְרָ֥הzakherahbe maleזָכַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “be male”, a commandH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.לָהֶ֖םlahemtoלָהֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toאֱלֹהָ֑יelohayGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.עַ֚לalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…גָּאֳלֵ֣יgaoledefileגֹּאֶלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “defile”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1352profanationdefile.הַכְּהֻנָּ֔הhakhunahthe priesthoodכְּהֻנָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the priesthood”, the ordinary formH3550priesthoodpriesthood, priest's office.וּבְרִ֥יתuveritand confederacyבְּרִיתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and confederacy”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.הַכְּהֻנָּ֖הhakhunahthe priesthoodכְּהֻנָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the priesthood”, the ordinary formH3550priesthoodpriesthood, priest's office.וְהַלְוִיִּֽםvehalviyimand the Leviiteלֵוִיִּיconjunction, definite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

Young’s Literal Translation

Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

World English Bible

Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

Darby Translation

Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!

Douay-Rheims

Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Remember them, O God, for their false connection with the priesthood, and the breaking the covenant of the priesthood, and for defiling the Levites.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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