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Do notוְאַלcoverתְּכַסtheir iniquity,עַל עֲוֺנָםand do not letוְ אַלtheir sinחַטָּאתָםbe blotted outתִּמָּחֶהfrom before you,מִלְּפָנֶיךָforכִּיthey have provoked to angerהִכְעִיסוּin front ofלְנֶגֶדthe builders.הַבּוֹנִים
Nehemiah 4:5
Study it in the app“Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you, for they have provoked to anger in front of the builders.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 4:5, word by word
- coverתְּכַסtechas
conceal
To keep something secret, or forgive a wrong.
Where else “techas” appears- their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avona” appears- their sinחַטָּאתָchatata
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatata” appears- be blotted outתִּמָּחֶהtimache
blot out
To erase completely, or destroy someone.
Where else “timache” appears- from before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- they have provoked to angerהִכְעִיסוּhichisu
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “hichisu” appears- in front ofנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- the buildersבּוֹנִיםbonim
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bonim” appears
Translation note
“They have provoked to anger”: the Hebrew does not say whom; it may be God or those who were building.
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6So we built the wall, and all the wall was joined together up to half of it; and the people had a heart to work.