Study it in the app“But 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?””
But Sanballatוַ סַנְבַלַּטthe Horoniteהַחֹרֹנִיand Tobiahוְטֹבִיָּהthe servant,הָעֶבֶדthe Ammonite,הָעַמּוֹנִיand Geshemוְגֶשֶׁםthe Arabהָעַרְבִיheard of it,יִּשְׁמַעand they mockedוַיַּלְעִגוּusלָנוּand despisedוַיִּבְזוּus,עָלֵינוּand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Whatמָהis thisהַזֶּהthingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםare doing?עֹשִׂיםAre you rebellingהַ אַתֶּם מֹרְדִיםagainstעַלthe king?”הַמֶּלֶךְ
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” appearsGeshem, Gashmu
Geshem: the name of an Arab leader who, with Sanballat and Tobiah, opposed Nehemiah's building of the wall. In Nehemiah 6:6 he appears as "Gashmu".
Where else “geshem” appearsArab
Arab: an inhabitant of Arabia, the desert lands south and east of Israel.
Where else “arvi” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appearsmock
To laugh at someone with contempt, to make him look ridiculous.
Where else “yaligu” appearsdespise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “yivzu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “osim” appearsrebel
Rebel: refuse to obey the one in authority.
Where else “mordim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears18And 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.
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20And I returned a word to them and said to them, “The Elohim of the heavens, he will give us success, and we his servants will arise and build; but you have no portion or right or memorial in Jerusalem.”
