23. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Nehemiah 4:23:1 ⧉וְאֵ֨יןveeinand there was not Nehemiah 4:23:2 ⧉אֲנִ֜יaniI Nehemiah 4:23:3 ⧉וְאַחַ֣יveakhaiand my brothers Nehemiah 4:23:4 ⧉וּנְעָרַ֗יunearaiand my young men or servants Nehemiah 4:23:5 ⧉וְאַנְשֵׁ֤יveansheand the men of Nehemiah 4:23:6 ⧉הַמִּשְׁמָר֙hamishmarthe guard Nehemiah 4:23:7 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwho Nehemiah 4:23:8 ⧉אַחֲרַ֔יakharaiafter me Nehemiah 4:23:9 ⧉אֵֽין־אֲנַ֥חְנוּeinanakhnunone of us Nehemiah 4:23:10 ⧉פֹשְׁטִ֖יםfoshitimtaking off Nehemiah 4:23:11 ⧉בְּגָדֵ֑ינוּbegadenuour garments Nehemiah 4:23:12 ⧉אִ֚ישׁisha man or each one Nehemiah 4:23:13 ⧉שִׁלְח֣וֹshilkhohis weapon Nehemiah 4:23:14 ⧉הַמַּ֔יִם׃סhamayimthe water |
23. Formal Translation Neither I nor my brothers nor my young men nor the men of the guard who followed me removed our garments; each man kept his weapon at hand. |
23. Dynamic Translation Not I, nor my brothers, nor my young men, nor those guarding with me took off our clothes. Each of us kept his weapon at the ready. |