Nehemiah

Nehemiah 4:3

³Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Tobiah	וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה	wə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2900 Tobijah
the Ammonite	הָעַמֹּנִ֖י	hā·‘am·mō·nî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5984 Ammonite
who was beside him	אֶצְל֑וֹ	’eṣ·lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H681 conjunction, proximity
said	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
even	גַּ֚ם	gam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
a fox	שׁוּעָ֔ל	šū·‘āl	Noun - masculine singular	H7776 fox
were to climb up on	יַעֲלֶ֣ה	ya·‘ă·leh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
what	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
they	הֵ֣ם	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
are building	בּוֹנִ֔ים	bō·w·nîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H1129 build
it would break down	וּפָרַ֖ץ	ū·p̄ā·raṣ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H6555 break through
their wall	חוֹמַ֥ת	ḥō·w·maṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H2346 wall
of stones	אַבְנֵיהֶֽם׃פ	’aḇ·nê·hem	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H68 stone

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