Study it in the app“And I told them of the hand of my Elohim that had been good upon me, and also of the words of the king that he had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us arise and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good.”
And I toldוָאַגִּידthemלָהֶםof the handיַדof my Elohimאֱלֹהַיthatאֲשֶׁרhad beenהִיאgoodטוֹבָהupon me,עָלַיand alsoוְאַףof the wordsדִּבְרֵיof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרhe had spokenאָמַרto me.לִיAnd they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Let us ariseנָקוּםand build.”וּבָנִינוּSo they strengthenedוַיְחַזְּקוּtheir handsיְדֵיהֶםfor the good.לַטּוֹבָה
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “agid” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “nakum” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vaninu” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “yechazku” appears17Then I said to them, “You see the trouble that we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been set on fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be a reproach.”
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19But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, and they mocked us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
