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Nehemiah 8:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7121 So they read ויקראו

H5612 in the book בספר

H8451 in the law בתורת

H430 of God האלהים

H6567 distinctly מפרשׁ

H7760 and gave ושׂום

H7922 the sense שׂכל

H995 and caused them to understand ויבינו

H4744 the reading במקרא׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

they

H7121 read

the

H5612 book

the

H8451 law

H430 God

H6567 distinctly

and

H7760 gave

the

H7922 sense

and

caused

them

H995 understand

the

H4744 reading

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H430

Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים

Transliteration: ʼĕlôhîym

Pronunciation: el-o-heem'

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {angels} X-(idiom) {exceeding} God (gods) ({-dess} {-ly}) X-(idiom) (very) {great} {judges} X-(idiom) mighty.

Definition:

gods 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 superlative

1. (plural)

a. rulers, judges

b. divine ones

c. angels

d. gods

2. (plural intensive - singular meaning)

a. god, goddess

b. godlike one

c. works or special possessions of God

d. the (true) God

e. God

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906