Nehemiah 8:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to them, ‘Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-day [is] holy to our Lord, and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.’

King James Bible
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Hebrew
Then [Nehemiah] told
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

them,
לָהֶ֡ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

“Go
לְכוּ֩ (lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

and eat
אִכְל֨וּ (’iḵ·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

what is rich,
מַשְׁמַנִּ֜ים (maš·man·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4924: Fat, fatness, a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man

drink
וּשְׁת֣וּ (ū·šə·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

what is sweet,
מַֽמְתַקִּ֗ים (mam·ṯaq·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4477: Sweetness, sweet things

and send out
וְשִׁלְח֤וּ (wə·šil·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

portions
מָנוֹת֙ (mā·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4490: Something weighed out, a division, a ration, a lot

to those who have nothing
לְאֵ֣ין (lə·’ên)
Preposition-l | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

prepared,
נָכ֣וֹן (nā·ḵō·wn)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

since
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

today
הַיּ֖וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

is holy
קָד֥וֹשׁ (qā·ḏō·wōš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

to our Lord.
לַאֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ (la·’ă·ḏō·nê·nū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 136: The Lord

Do not
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

grieve,
תֵּ֣עָצֵ֔בוּ (tê·‘ā·ṣê·ḇū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 6087: To carve, fabricate, fashion, to worry, pain, anger

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the joy
חֶדְוַ֥ת (ḥeḏ·waṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2304: Rejoicing

of the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is
הִ֥יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

your strength.”
מָֽעֻזְּכֶֽם׃ (mā·‘uz·zə·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 4581: A place or means of safety, protection

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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