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And our adversariesוַ צָרֵינוּsaid,יֹּאמְרוּ“They will notלֹאknowיֵדְעוּnorוְלֹאseeיִרְאוּuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרwe comeנָבוֹאintoאֶלtheir midstתּוֹכָםand kill themוַהֲרַגְנוּםand stopוְהִשְׁבַּתְנוּthe work.”הַמְּלָאכָה
Nehemiah 4:11
Study it in the app“And our adversaries said, “They will not know nor see until we come into their midst and kill them and stop the work.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 4:11, word by word
- And our adversariesצָרֵיtsare
adversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsare” appears- saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- knowיֵדְעוּyedu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedu” appears- seeיִרְאוּyiru
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yiru” appears- we comeנָבוֹאnavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “navo” appears- their midstתּוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears- and kill themהֲרַגְנוּharagnu
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haragnu” appears- and stopהִשְׁבַּתְנוּhishbatnu
put an end
To make something end, remove it.
Where else “hishbatnu” appears- the workמְּלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears
The context
10And Judah said, “The strength of the carrier has faltered, and the rubble is much, and we will not be able to build on the wall.”
11 · This verse (above)
12It happened that when the Jews who lived beside them came, they said to us ten times, “From all the places where you turn, they will be on us.”