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It happenedוַיְהִיthat whenכַּאֲשֶׁרSanballatסַנְבַלַּטheardשָׁמַעthatכִּיweאֲנַחְנוּwere buildingבוֹנִיםthe wall,הַחוֹמָהhe burned with angerוַיִּחַר לוֹand was greatlyוַ הַרְבֵּהirritated,יִּכְעַסand he mockedוַיַּלְעֵגthe Jews.עַל הַיְּהוּדִים
Nehemiah 4:1
Study it in the app“It happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he burned with anger and was greatly irritated, and he mocked the Jews.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 4:1, word by word
- It happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- Sanballatסַנְבַלַּטsanvalat
Sanballat
Sanballat: the main adversary of Nehemiah, called "the Horonite". He had authority in Samaria.
Where else “sanvalat” appears- heardשָׁמַעshama
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appears- were buildingבוֹנִיםvonim
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vonim” appears- the wallחוֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- he burned with angerיִּחַרyichar
be angry
For a person to feel strong anger at someone or something.
Where else “yichar” appears- and was greatlyהַרְבֵּהharbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “harbe” appears- irritatedיִּכְעַסyichas
be vexed
To feel irritation or anger inside.
Where else “yichas” appears- and he mockedיַּלְעֵגyaleg
mock
To laugh at someone with contempt, to make him look ridiculous.
Where else “yaleg” appears- the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim
Jew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appears
Translation note
In the Hebrew text, verses 1-6 are 3:33-38, and verses 7-23 are 4:1-17.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And he spoke before his brothers and the troops of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they leave them alone? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubble, when they are burned?”