Nehemiah 8:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.

Young's Literal Translation
And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them.

King James Bible
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

Hebrew
Then all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the people
הָעָ֜ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

began to eat
לֶאֱכֹ֤ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 398: To eat

and drink,
וְלִשְׁתּוֹת֙ (wə·liš·tō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

to send out
וּלְשַׁלַּ֣ח (ū·lə·šal·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

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

and
וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (wə·la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to rejoice
שִׂמְחָ֣ה (śim·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee

greatly,
גְדוֹלָ֑ה (ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

because
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they understood
הֵבִ֙ינוּ֙ (hê·ḇî·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

the words
בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים (bad·də·ḇā·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

that
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

had been made known
הוֹדִ֖יעוּ (hō·w·ḏî·‘ū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3045: To know

to them.
לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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