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and they conspiredוַיִּקְשְׁרוּall of themכֻלָּםtogetherיַחְדָּוto comeלָבוֹאandfightלְהִלָּחֵםagainst Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָםand to causeוְלַעֲשׂוֹתitלוֹconfusion.תּוֹעָה
Nehemiah 4:8
Study it in the app“and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause it confusion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 4:8, word by word
- and they conspiredיִּקְשְׁרוּyikshru
conspire
To join secretly with others to bring down someone in authority.
Where else “yikshru” appears- togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears- to comeבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- fightהִלָּחֵםhilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appears- against Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- and to causeעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- confusionתּוֹעָהtoa
confusion
Disorder and harm one aims to bring on a city.
Where else “toa” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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).
The context
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;
8 · This verse (above)
9But we prayed to our Elohim, and set a guard against them day and night because of them.