Nehemiah 13:25
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Berean Study Bible
I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

Young's Literal Translation
And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and smite certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, ‘Ye do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do ye take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves.

King James Bible
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

Hebrew
I rebuked them
וָאָרִ֤יב (wā·’ā·rîḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

and called down curses on them.
וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם (wā·’ă·qal·lêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

I beat
וָאַכֶּ֥ה (wā·’ak·keh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

some of
מֵהֶ֛ם (mê·hem)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

these men
אֲנָשִׁ֖ים (’ă·nā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and pulled out their hair.
וָֽאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם (wā·’em·rə·ṭêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4803: To make smooth, bare or bald, to scour, polish

Then I made them take an oath
וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣ם (wā·’aš·bî·‘êm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

before God [and said]:
בֵּֽאלֹהִ֗ים (bê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

“You must not
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

give your daughters
בְנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ (ḇə·nō·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1323: A daughter

in marriage
תִּתְּנ֤וּ (tit·tə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

to their sons
לִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם (liḇ·nê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

or take
תִּשְׂאוּ֙ (tiś·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

their daughters
מִבְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם (mib·bə·nō·ṯê·hem)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1323: A daughter

as wives for your sons
לִבְנֵיכֶ֖ם (liḇ·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

or for yourselves!
וְלָכֶֽם׃ (wə·lā·ḵem)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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