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And Tobiahוְטוֹבִיָּהthe Ammoniteהָעַמֹּנִיwasbeside him,אֶצְלוֹand he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Evenגַּםwhatאֲשֶׁרtheyהֵםare building—בּוֹנִיםifאִםa foxשׁוּעָלgoes up,יַעֲלֶהit will make a breachוּפָרַץin the wallחוֹמַתof their stones.”אַבְנֵיהֶם
Nehemiah 4:3
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 4:3, word by word
- And Tobiahטוֹבִיָּהtoviya
Tobijah
Tobijah: name of several people. It means "good is Yah."
Where else “toviya” appears- the Ammoniteעַמֹּנִיamoni
Ammonite
Ammonite: a descendant of Ammon, the son of Lot.
Where else “amoni” appears- beside himאֶצְלetsl
beside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsl” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- are building—בּוֹנִיםbonim
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bonim” appears- a foxשׁוּעָלshual
fox, jackal
Fox; the Hebrew word can also name the jackal, a similar animal that goes about in packs.
Where else “shual” appears- goes upיַעֲלֶהyaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appears- it will make a breachפָרַץfarats
breach
To smash a wall, burst in.
Where else “farats” appears- in the wallחוֹמַתchomat
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomat” appears- of their stonesאַבְנֵיavne
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avne” appears
The context
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?”
3 · This verse (above)
4Hear, our Elohim, for we have become an object of contempt; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them as plunder in a land of captivity.