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So we builtוַנִּבְנֶהthe wall,הַחוֹמָהand allוַ כָּלthe wallהַחוֹמָהwas joined togetherתִּקָּשֵׁרup toעַדhalf of it;חֶצְיָהּandוַthe peopleלָעָםhadיְהִיa heartלֵבto work.לַעֲשׂוֹת
Nehemiah 4:6
Study it in the app“So we built the wall, and all the wall was joined together up to half of it; and the people had a heart to work.”
The wall was joined up to half its height because the people “had a heart to work”Work and Rest
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Nehemiah 4:6, word by word
- So we builtנִּבְנֶהnivne
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “nivne” appears- the wallחוֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- was joined togetherתִּקָּשֵׁרtikasher
bind
To knot something fast; or be joined to another.
Where else “tikasher” appears- half of itחֶצְיָchetsya
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chetsya” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- hadיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- a heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- to workעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
5Do 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7It happened that when Sanballat and Tobiah, and the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward, that the breaches had begun to be closed, they burned with anger greatly;