Neh 1:7 | KD | STEP | We have dealt very corruptly against Thee. חבל is the inf. constr . instead of the infin. abs ., which, before the finite verb, and by reason of its close connection therewith, becomes the infin. constr ., like אהיה היות, ; comp. Ewald, §240, c . The dealing corruptly against God consists in not having kept the commandments, statutes, and judgments of the law.

‏ Nehemiah 1:7

We have dealt very corruptly against Thee. חבל is the inf. constr. instead of the infin. abs., which, before the finite verb, and by reason of its close connection therewith, becomes the infin. constr., like אהיה היות, Psa 50:21; comp. Ewald, §240, c. The dealing corruptly against God consists in not having kept the commandments, statutes, and judgments of the law.