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Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you now, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you: both I and my father's house have sinned.
Reference
Greek: ὠτίον (ōtíon)
an earlet, i.e. one of the ears, or perhaps the lobe of the ear
Hebrew: mᵉlîylâh
a head of grain (as cut off)
Greek: νυνί (nyní)
just now
Hebrew: ʼĕdayin
then (of time)
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ἀνακαλύπτω (anakalýptō)
to unveil
Hebrew: pâṭûwr
opened, i.e. (as noun) a bud
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: διακούομαι (diakoúomai)
to hear throughout, i.e. patiently listen (to a prisoner's plea)
Hebrew: shᵉmaʻ
{to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)}
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: δέησις (déēsis)
a petition
Hebrew: tᵉphillâh
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
Greek: θεράπων (therápōn)
a menial attendant (as if cherishing)
Hebrew: ʻăbad
a servant
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: εὔχομαι (eúchomai)
to wish; by implication, to pray to God
Hebrew: tsᵉlâʼ
pray
Greek: πρῶτον (prōton)
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
Hebrew: ṭᵉrôwm
not yet
Greek: νυνί (nyní)
just now
Hebrew: ʼĕdayin
then (of time)
Greek: ὥρα (hṓra)
an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew: lêylᵉyâʼ
{Lael an Israelite}
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: Yisrᵉʼêlîy
a Jisreelite or descendant of Jisrael
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ἐξομολογέω (exomologéō)
to acknowledge or (by implication, of assent) agree fully
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: Yisrᵉʼêlîy
a Jisreelite or descendant of Jisrael
Hebrew: ʼănûw
we
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ἔμπροσθεν (émprosthen)
in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
Hebrew: ʼêth
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
Greek: ἀμφότερος (amphóteros)
(in plural) both
Hebrew: shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: πατήρ (patḗr)
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
Hebrew: ʼab
{father}
Hebrew: bayith
{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Parallel theme
Psalm 34:15
2 Chronicles 29:6
Isaiah 6:5
Luke 18:7
Prayer
Daniel 9:20
Daniel 9:4
2 Chronicles 6:40
Sin
Psalm 106:6
1 John 1:9
Lamentations 5:7
Verse Explanation
Nehemiah asked God to listen carefully to his prayer. He confessed the sins of the people of Israel, including his own family. He acknowledged that the Israelites had acted wickedly and had failed to obey God's commands, laws, and regulations given through Moses.
History
c. 445 BC. Nehemiah understood the exile and continuing difficulties in light of Israel's long history of covenant disobedience.