Study it in the app“And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard, and it seemed to them a great evil that a man had come to seek the good of the sons of Israel.”
And Sanballatוַ סַנְבַלַּטthe Horoniteהַחֹרֹנִיand Tobiahוְטוֹבִיָּהthe servant,הָעֶבֶדthe Ammonite,הָעַמֹּנִיheard,יִּשְׁמַעand it seemed to themוַיֵּרַע לָהֶםa greatגְדֹלָהevilרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרa manאָדָםhad comeבָּאto seekלְבַקֵּשׁthe goodטוֹבָהof the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Sanballat
Sanballat: the main adversary of Nehemiah, called "the Horonite". He had authority in Samaria.
Where else “sanvalat” appearsHoronite
Horonite: from Beth-horon or from Horonaim. So Sanballat is called.
Where else “choroni” appearsTobijah
Tobijah: name of several people. It means "good is Yah."
Where else “toviya” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “eved” appearsAmmonite
Ammonite: a descendant of Ammon, the son of Lot.
Where else “amoni” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appearsdisplease
To be unpleasant to someone.
Where else “yera” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsanyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vakesh” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears“The servant”: probably a title, “servant [of the king],” that is, an official.
9And I came to the governors of the other side of the river and gave them the letters of the king. And the king had sent with me commanders of troops and horsemen.
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11And I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
