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Nehemiah 4:7
“But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5975 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
- Grammar
- וָֽ — conjunction
- אַעֲמִ֞יד — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 526 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:8Genesis 18:22Genesis 19:17Genesis 19:27Genesis 24:30
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָמַד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.