Nehemiah 13:17
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Berean Study Bible
Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing— profaning the Sabbath day?

Young's Literal Translation
And I strive with the freemen of Judah, and say to them, ‘What [is] this evil thing that ye are doing, and polluting the sabbath-day?

King James Bible
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing [is] this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Hebrew
Then I rebuked
וָאָרִ֕יבָה (wā·’ā·rî·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

the nobles
חֹרֵ֣י (ḥō·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2715: White, pure, noble

of Judah
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

and asked,
וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (wā·’ō·mə·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“What
מָֽה־ (māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is this
הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

evil
הָרָ֤ע (hā·rā‘)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

you
אַתֶּ֣ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are doing—
עֹשִׂ֔ים (‘ō·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

profaning
וּֽמְחַלְּלִ֖ים (ū·mə·ḥal·lə·lîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

the Sabbath
הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ (haš·šab·bāṯ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath

day?
י֥וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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