Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7121 [e] וַֽיִּקְרְא֥וּ way-yiq-rə-’ū And they read Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 5612 [e] בַסֵּ֛פֶר ḇas-sê-p̄er from the Book Prep-b, Art | N-ms 8451 [e] בְּתוֹרַ֥ת bə-ṯō-w-raṯ of the Law Prep-b | N-fsc 430 [e] הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm of God Art | N-mp 6567 [e] מְפֹרָ֑שׁ mə-p̄ō-rāš explaining it V-Pual-Prtcpl-ms 7760 [e] וְשׂ֣וֹם wə-śō-wm and giving Conj-w | V-Qal-InfAbs 7922 [e] שֶׂ֔כֶל śe-ḵel the meaning N-ms 995 [e] וַיָּבִ֖ינוּ way-yā-ḇî-nū and they gave understanding Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 4744 [e] בַּמִּקְרָֽא׃ס bam-miq-rā to the convocation Prep-b, Art | N-ms

Berean Study Bible
So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.

Young's Literal Translation
and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining—so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They read out of the book of the law of God, translating and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was read.

New American Standard Bible
They read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading.

King James Bible
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading. Nehemiah 8:8 • Nehemiah 8:8 NIV • Nehemiah 8:8 NLT • Nehemiah 8:8 ESV • Nehemiah 8:8 NASB • Nehemiah 8:8 KJV • Nehemiah 8:8 Biblia Paralela • Nehemiah 8:8 Chinese Bible • Nehemiah 8:8 French Bible • Nehemiah 8:8 German Bible

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