Nehemiah

Nehemiah 6:1–2

¹When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left— though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates— ²Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages^a on the plain^b of Ono.”

But they were planning to harm me.

Footnotes

a 6:2 Or in Kephirim
b 6:2 Or in the valley

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Nehemiah 6:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ḵa·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
Sanballat	לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט	lə·san·ḇal·laṭ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5571 Sanballat
Tobiah	וְ֠טוֹבִיָּה	wə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2900 Tobijah
Geshem	וּלְגֶ֨שֶׁם	ū·lə·ḡe·šem	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1654 Geshem, Gashmu
the Arab	הָֽעַרְבִ֜י	hā·‘ar·ḇî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6163 steppe-dweller
and the rest	וּלְיֶ֣תֶר	ū·lə·ye·ṯer	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3499 remainder, excellence, excess
of our enemies	אֹֽיְבֵ֗ינוּ	’ō·yə·ḇê·nū	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H341 be hostile to
heard	נִשְׁמַ֣ע	niš·ma‘	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
that	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I had rebuilt	בָנִ֙יתִי֙	ḇā·nî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1129 build
the wall	הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה	ha·ḥō·w·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2346 wall
and not	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
a gap	פָּ֑רֶץ	pā·reṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H6556 bursting forth, breach
was left	נ֥וֹתַר	nō·w·ṯar	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3498 remain over
though	גַּ֚ם	gam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
to	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
that	הַהִ֔יא	ha·hî	Article; Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
time	הָעֵ֣ת	hā·‘êṯ	Article; Noun - common singular	H6256 time
I had not yet	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
installed	הֶעֱמַ֥דְתִּי	he·‘ĕ·maḏ·tî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
the doors	דְּלָת֖וֹת	də·lā·ṯō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1817 door
in the gates	בַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃	ḇaš·šə·‘ā·rîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8179 gate

Nehemiah 6:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Sanballat	סַנְבַלַּ֤ט	san·ḇal·laṭ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5571 Sanballat
and Geshem	וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙	wə·ḡe·šem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1654 Geshem, Gashmu
sent me	וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
this message	לֵאמֹ֔ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
Come	לְכָ֞ה	lə·ḵāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
let us meet	וְנִֽוָּעֲדָ֥ה	wə·niw·wā·‘ă·ḏāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H3259 appoint
together	יַחְדָּ֛ו	yaḥ·dāw	Adverb	H3162 unitedness
in	בַּכְּפִירִ֖ים	bak·kə·p̄î·rîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3715 young lion
on the plain	בְּבִקְעַ֣ת	bə·ḇiq·‘aṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H1237 valley
of Ono	אוֹנ֑וֹ	’ō·w·nōw	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H207 Ono
But they	וְהֵ֙מָּה֙	wə·hêm·māh	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
were planning	חֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים	ḥō·šə·ḇîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H2803 think, account
to harm	לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת	la·‘ă·śō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6213 do, make
me	לִ֖י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular

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Nehemiah 6:1 Nehemiah 2:19 · Nehemiah 2:10 · Nehemiah 4:1 · Nehemiah 3:3 · Nehemiah 4:6–7 · Nehemiah 3:1 · Nehemiah 3:6 · Daniel 9:25

Nehemiah 6:2 1 Chronicles 8:12 · Psalm 37:12 · Nehemiah 11:35

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