Nehemiah 1:5
5Then I said, “Please, O LORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, who keeps his loving covenant ▼▼ Heb “the covenant and loyal love.” The phrase is a hendiadys: the first noun retains its full nominal sense, while the second noun functions adjectivally (“loyal love” = loving). Alternately, the first might function adjectivally and the second noun function as the noun: “covenant and loyal love” = covenant fidelity (see Neh 9:32).
with those who love him and obey ▼ his commandments,
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