Study it in the app“It 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;”
It happenedוַיְהִיthat whenכַאֲשֶׁרSanballatסַנְבַלַּטand Tobiah,וְטוֹבִיָּהand the Arabs,וְהָעַרְבִיםthe Ammonites,וְהָעַמֹּנִיםand the Ashdoditesוְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִיםheardשָׁמַעthatכִּיthe restorationאֲרוּכָהof the wallsלְחֹמוֹתof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםwas going forward,עָלְתָהthatכִּיthe breachesהַפְּרֻצִיםhad begunהֵחֵלּוּto be closed,לְהִסָּתֵםthey burned with angerוַיִּחַר לָהֶםgreatly;מְאֹד
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsSanballat
Sanballat: the main adversary of Nehemiah, called "the Horonite". He had authority in Samaria.
Where else “sanvalat” appearsTobijah
Tobijah: name of several people. It means "good is Yah."
Where else “toviya” appearsArab
Arab: an inhabitant of Arabia, the desert lands south and east of Israel.
Where else “arvim” appearsAmmonite
Ammonite: a descendant of Ammon, the son of Lot.
Where else “amonim” appearsAshdodite
Ashdodite: an inhabitant of that Philistine city.
Where else “ashdodim” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appearshealing, restoration
Restoration, healing: the new flesh that closes a wound. Said also of a wall or a work being repaired.
Where else “arucha” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomot” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alta” appearsbreach
To smash a wall, burst in.
Where else “perutsim” appearsbegin
To start doing something.
Where else “hechelu” appearsstop up
To plug wells or breaches.
Where else “hisatem” appearsbe angry
For a person to feel strong anger at someone or something.
Where else “yichar” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause it confusion.
