Nehemiah

Nehemiah 6:2–4

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.

³So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

⁴Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

Footnotes

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

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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

Nehemiah 6:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So I sent	וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה	wā·’eš·lə·ḥāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H7971 send
messengers	מַלְאָכִים֙	mal·’ā·ḵîm	Noun - masculine plural	H4397 messenger
to them	עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
I	אֲנִ֣י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
am doing	עֹשֶׂ֔ה	‘ō·śeh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6213 do, make
a great	גְדוֹלָה֙	ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H1419 great
work	מְלָאכָ֤ה	mə·lā·ḵāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4399 occupation, work
and cannot	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
come down	לָרֶ֑דֶת	lā·re·ḏeṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3381 come or go down, descend
Why	לָ֣מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
should the work	הַמְּלָאכָה֙	ham·mə·lā·ḵāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4399 occupation, work
stop	תִשְׁבַּ֤ת	ṯiš·baṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7673 cease, desist, rest
while	כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
I leave it	אַרְפֶּ֔הָ	’ar·pe·hā	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H7503 sink, relax
to go down	וְיָרַדְתִּ֖י	wə·yā·raḏ·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
to you	אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃	’ă·lê·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H413 motion to

Nehemiah 6:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Four	אַרְבַּ֣ע	’ar·ba‘	Number - feminine singular	H702 four
times	פְּעָמִ֑ים	pə·‘ā·mîm	Noun - feminine plural	H6471 beat, foot, anvil, occurrence
they sent me	וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ	way·yiš·lə·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7971 send
the same	הַזֶּ֖ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
message	כַּדָּבָ֥ר	kad·dā·ḇār	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
and each time I gave	וָאָשִׁ֥יב	wā·’ā·šîḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
the same	הַזֶּֽה׃ס	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
reply	כַּדָּבָ֥ר	kad·dā·ḇār	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word

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

Nehemiah 6:3 Matthew 10:16 · John 9:4 · 1 Timothy 4:15–16 · Luke 14:30 · Ecclesiastes 9:10 · Proverbs 14:15

Nehemiah 6:4 Luke 18:5

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