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Nehemiah 9:38

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Nehemiah 10:1.

וּבְכָלuvekhaland in allכֹּלconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).זֹ֕אתzotthisזֹאתpronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “this”H2063this (often used adverb)hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.אֲנַ֛חְנוּanachnvweאֲנַחְנוּpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, plural — “we”H587weourselves, us, we.כֹּרְתִ֥יםkoretimcovenantכָּרַתverb, qal, participle, absolute — “covenant”, a verb used as a describing wordH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.אֲמָנָ֖הamanahcertain portionאֲמָנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “certain portion”, the ordinary formH548something fixed, i.e. a covenant. an allowancecertain portion, sure.וְכֹתְבִ֑יםvekhotevimand describeכָּתַבconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and describe”, a verb used as a describing wordH3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).וְעַל֙vealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and 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,…הֶֽחָת֔וּםhechatumthe sealחָתַםdefinite article, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “the seal”, a verb used as a describing wordH2856to close up; especially to sealmake an end, mark, seal (up), stop.שָׂרֵ֥ינוּsareynvcaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.לְוִיֵּ֖נוּleviyenvLeviiteלֵוִיִּיnoun, gentilic, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “Leviite”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.כֹּהֲנֵֽינוּkohaneynvpriestכֹּהֵןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “priest”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(10-1) And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and subscribe it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, set their seal unto it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.

Young’s Literal Translation

And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed [are] our heads, our Levites, our priests.'

World English Bible

Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”

Darby Translation

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests are at the sealing.

Douay-Rheims

And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)