Nehemiah 9:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"You madeהִרְבִּ֔יתָ
(hir·bi·ta,)
7235a: to be or become much, many or greata prim. root
their sonsוּבְנֵיהֶ֣ם
(u·ve·nei·hem)
1121: sona prim. root
numerous 
 
7235a: to be or become much, many or greata prim. root
as the starsכְּכֹכְבֵ֖י
(ke·cho·che·vei)
3556: a starfrom an unused word
of heaven,הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
(ha·sha·ma·yim;)
8064: heaven, skyfrom an unused word
And You broughtוַתְּבִיאֵם֙
(vat·te·vi·'em)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
them into the landהָאָ֔רֶץ
(ha·'a·retz,)
776: earth, landa prim. root
Whichאֲשֶׁר־
(a·sher-)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
You had toldאָמַ֥רְתָּ
(a·mar·ta)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
their fathersלַאֲבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם
(la·'a·vo·tei·hem)
1: fatherfrom an unused word
to enterלָבֹ֥וא
(la·vo·v)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
and possess.לָרָֽשֶׁת׃
(la·ra·shet.)
3423: to take possession of, inherit, dispossessa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Their children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
also multipliedst
rabah  (raw-baw')
to increase (in whatever respect)
thou as the stars
kowkab  (ko-kawb')
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince -- star(-gazer).
of heaven
shamayim  (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
and broughtest
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
them into the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
concerning which thou hadst promised
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
to their fathers
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
that they should go in
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to possess
yarash  (yaw-rash')
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
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Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"You made their sons numerous as the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

King James Bible
Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You told their ancestors to go in and take possession of it.

International Standard Version
"You multiplied their descendants like the stars in heaven and brought them to the land about which you told their ancestors to enter and possess.

NET Bible
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky. You brought them into the land you told their parents to enter and possess.

King James 2000 Bible
Their children also you multiplied as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land, concerning which you had promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
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