Study it in the app“And 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?””
And he spokeוַיֹּאמֶרbeforeלִפְנֵיhis brothersאֶחָיוand the troopsוְחֵילof Samaria,שֹׁמְרוֹןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whatמָהare theseהַfeebleהָאֲמֵלָלִיםJewsיְּהוּדִיםdoing?עֹשִׂיםWill they leaveהֲיַעַזְבוּthem alone?לָהֶםWill they sacrifice?הֲיִזְבָּחוּWill they finishהַיְכַלּוּin a day?בַיּוֹםWill they reviveהַיְחַיּוּthe stonesהָאֲבָנִיםout of the heapsמֵעֲרֵמוֹתof rubble,הֶעָפָרwhen theyוְהֵמָּהareburned?”שְׂרוּפוֹת
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “echay” appearsarmy
A body of armed soldiers.
Where else “chel” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsfeeble
Feeble, without strength. Sanballat says it with contempt of the Jews who were building.
Where else “amelalim” appearsJew, 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” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “osim” appearsleave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “yaazvu” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “yizbachu” appearsfinish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “yechalu” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearskeep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “yechayu” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appearsheap
Heap, especially of grain already threshed.
Where else “aremot” appearsrubble
Wet earth, or what is left of what was torn down and broken up.
Where else “afar” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “serufot” appears“Will they leave them alone?”: a phrase of uncertain meaning; it can be understood “are they going to be allowed?”
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
1It happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he burned with anger and was greatly irritated, and he mocked the Jews.
2 · This verse (above)
3And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Even what they are building— if a fox goes up, it will make a breach in the wall of their stones.”
